Godescalc Evangelistary
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First published: 2015
1 language
ISBN: 9788894105872
Description
Full-color facsimile of Bibliothèque nationale de France ms. Nouv. acq. lat. 1203. Manuscript was commissioned for the Emperor Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard, and is traditionally considered the earliest known manuscript produced in Charlemagne's Court School in Aachen. It is named for the scribe Godescalc, who wrote and signed it. The manuscript was produced starting on October 7, 781, and completed on April 30, 783.
