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The Codex Amiatinus and its "sister" Bibles : scripture, liturgy, and art in the milieu of the Venerable Bede
Title
The Codex Amiatinus and its "sister" Bibles : scripture, liturgy, and art in the milieu of the Venerable Bede / by Celia Chazelle.
ISBN
9789004390133
9004390138
9789004391321
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.
Physical Description
xxviii, 634 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
"The Codex Amiatinus and its "Sister" Bibles examines the full Bibles (Bibles containing every scriptural text that producers deemed canonical) made at the northern English monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrith (d. 716) and the Venerable Bede (d. 735), and the religious, cultural, and intellectual circumstances of their production. The key manuscript witness of this monastery's Bible-making enterprise is the Codex Amiatinus, a massive illustrated volume sent toward Rome in June 716, as a gift to St. Peter. Amiatinus is the oldest extant, largely intact Latin full Bible. Its survival is the critical reason that Ceolfrith's Wearmouth-Jarrow has long been recognized as a pivotal center in the evolution of the design, structure, and contents of medieval biblical codices"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Chazelle, Celia Martin, author. Codex Amiatinus and its "sister" Bibles Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 06, 2019
Series
Commentaria : sacred texts and their commentaries : Jewish, Christian and Islamic ; volume 10
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Wearmouth-Jarrow and the context of the Codex Amiatinus
Bede, monasticism, and scripture
The Wearmouth-Jarrow full Bible manuscripts
Bibles and reading at Wearmouth-Jarrow
The preliminary gathering, and painting of the glorified Christ
A gift for St. Peter
Amiatinus and the wider world
Connecting past to present.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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