Saint-Martin-des-Champs Gospels

The Saint-Martin-des-Champs Gospels is an illuminated manuscript that contains the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. It was produced in Aachen between the years 783 and 795. It is currently held in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Library of the Arsenal)

Description[edit]

The book has 179 folios of Parchment that are 26.5 by 19.5 centimetres (10.4 in × 7.7 in). It contains incipits for Matthew, Mark, and John. Along with the Gospels it has Eusebian Canons drawn in purple and gold. While it still has the Gospel of Luke the incipit for it has since been lost. It is written in the Latin language in Carolingian minuscule script with gold letters. It is an example of Carolingian illumination^[1]

History[edit]

The book was produced in Aachen between 783 and 795 and is part of the Ada manuscript Group. The manuscript was kept for at the library of Antoine-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, which went on to be the Library of the Arsenal after the French Revolution where it is housed today.^[2]^[3]

Gallery[edit]

Incipit of John

References[edit]

[1] ttp://https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84559055

[2] ttp://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ead.html?id=FRBNFEAD000079804

[3] ttps://elmss.nuigalway.ie/catalogue/873

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