The Harley Golden Gospels, British Library, Harley MS 2788, is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript Gospel book produced in about 800–825, probably in Aachen, Germany. [1] It is one of the manuscripts attributed to the " Ada School", which is named after the Ada Gospels. It has four pairs of full-page Evangelist portraits and illuminated "Incipit" pages, canon tables, and other illuminations. As with other examples of the Codex Aureus (i.e. golden books), the text is written in gold ink. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Understanding illuminated manuscripts by Michelle P. Brown 1994 ISBN 0-89236-217-0 page 33
- ^ British Library catalogue entry
Further reading
- Cynthia Thickpenny, "Making key pattern in Insular art: The Harley Golden Gospels and Kilmartin Cross", Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception (Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Insular Art, Glasgow 2017) (Oxford: Oxbow, 2020), pp. 23–32.
The Harley Golden Gospels, British Library, Harley MS 2788, is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript Gospel book produced in about 800–825, probably in Aachen, Germany. [1] It is one of the manuscripts attributed to the " Ada School", which is named after the Ada Gospels. It has four pairs of full-page Evangelist portraits and illuminated "Incipit" pages, canon tables, and other illuminations. As with other examples of the Codex Aureus (i.e. golden books), the text is written in gold ink. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Understanding illuminated manuscripts by Michelle P. Brown 1994 ISBN 0-89236-217-0 page 33
- ^ British Library catalogue entry
Further reading
- Cynthia Thickpenny, "Making key pattern in Insular art: The Harley Golden Gospels and Kilmartin Cross", Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception (Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Insular Art, Glasgow 2017) (Oxford: Oxbow, 2020), pp. 23–32.