The Eighth and Ninth Centuries
H.A.G. Houghton
Abstract The scriptorium of Wearmouth–Jarrow was home to Bede and responsible for Codex Amiatinus, the most famous manuscript Vulgate. Gospel books were produced in Insular regions Britain, Ireland, Brittany, including Lindisfarne Gospels Book Kells. Regular contact between these areas continental Europe also had an influence on production manuscripts biblical scholarship. Numerous significant developments are associated with Charlemagne, Tours Bibles Alcuin his successors, Theodulf’s revision text creation minuscule script. Carolingian scholars a new, encyclopaedic form commentary, drawing heavily earlier Latin writers. importance Bible liturgy is seen lectionaries missals.
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