Coronation Gospels (British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A.ii)
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Coronation Gospels (British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A.ii)
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The Athelstan Gospels, or British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A. ii is a late 9th or early 10th-century Ottonian illuminated Gospel book which entered England as a gift to King Athelstan, who in turn offered it to Christ Church, Canterbury. It is also referred to as the Coronation Gospels on account of an early modern tradition that it had been used as an oath-book at English coronations. The page size is 235 x 180mm. The manuscript "is a concrete example of the type of Continental illuminated m
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Ottonian illuminated Gospel book
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Gospels_(British_Library,_Cotton_MS_Tiberius_A.ii)
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2023-09-25T04:43:57Z
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