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Incipit page to St John's gospel, with decorated initial 'I'. The gospels were possibly a gift from Emperor Otto I of Germany to Athelstan, who presented them to Christ Church, Canterbury; and were used as the Coronation Book of the Anglo Saxon kings. Coronation Gospels. S. Netherlands [Lobbes, near Liege]; circa 875-900. Source: Cotton Tiberius A. II, f.165. Language: Latin.
![Incipit page to St John's gospel, with decorated initial 'I'. The gospels were possibly a gift from Emperor Otto I of Germany to Athelstan, who presented them to Christ Church, Canterbury; and were used as the Coronation Book of the Anglo Saxon kings. Coronation Gospels. S. Netherlands [Lobbes, near Liege]; circa 875-900. Source: Cotton Tiberius A. II, f.165. Language: Latin.](/photos/prev/ZjI3YTU2MA/album_alb4089369.webp)
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Incipit page to St John's gospel, with decorated initial 'I'. The gospels were possibly a gift from Emperor Otto I of Germany to Athelstan, who presented them to Christ Church, Canterbury; and were used as the Coronation Book of the Anglo Saxon kings. Coronation Gospels. S. Netherlands [Lobbes, near Liege]; circa 875-900. Source: Cotton Tiberius A. II, f.165. Language: Latin.
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Image size:
3622 x 4777 px | 49.5 MB
Print size:
30.7 x 40.4 cm | 12.1 x 15.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
9TH CENTURY • ALPHABET • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • BIBLE • BIBLE; • BIBLIA • BIBLICAL • DOCUMENT • GOSPEL • INITIAL • MANUSCRIPT • OLD TESTAMENT • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS BOOKS • RELIGIOUS TEXTS • RELIGIOUS WORKS • TEXT • WRITTEN LANGUAGE
