St Augustine Gospels
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title:
St Augustine Gospels
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The St Augustine Gospels is an illuminated Gospel Book which dates from the 6th century and has been in the Parker Library in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge since 1575. It was made in Italy and has been in England since fairly soon after its creation; by the 16th century it had probably already been at Canterbury for almost a thousand years. It has 265 leaves measuring about 252 x 196 mm, and is not entirely complete, in particular missing pages with miniatures. This manuscript is the oldest
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6th-century gospel book in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Augustine_Gospels
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2023-10-16T06:10:48Z
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