Manuscript Summary: Latin Bible, designed as a pandect (i.e. in one volume), following the recension of Alcuin of York. Several copies of these Alcuin Bibles, manufactured in the scriptorium of St. Martin of Tours, have survived; with their finely graded hierarchy of scripts and harmonious proportions, they are considered monuments of Carolingian book production. (mit)
Standard description:
Homburger, Otto: Die illustrierten Handschriften der Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bd. 1, Bern, 1962, S. 72–79. Redigiert und ergänzt von Florian Mittenhuber, Juli 2013. Show standard description
Online Since:
10/07/2013
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3
Parchment · 209 ff. · 46 x 35 cm · Tours, Abbey St. Martin · around 820-830
Biblia latina (Vulgata), Part 1: Genesis to Psalms
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Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3, Front cover – Biblia latina (Vulgata), Part 1: Genesis to Psalms (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bbb/0003)
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