A Carolingian Manuscript Fragment from the Ninth Century in Amsterdam University Library, used as the Binding for ‘Band 1 E 22’
Nicholas Pickwoad|Rosamond McKitterick
AbstractBand 1 E 22 is a copy of Calvin’s In viginti prima Ezechielis Prophetae capita Praelectiones (1565) and belonged to the French lawyer resident Geneva, Germain Colladon. The manuscript leaves used for this binding are early medieval unusual in being very carefully positioned on binding. Nicholas Pickwoad’s account reconstructs explains how binder display them an otherwise conventional French-style highlights its significance history bookbinding. Rosamond McKitterick identifies text both as part Epistle Lectionary, or possibly full Mass demonstrates script, decoration, mise-en-page enable these be recognized work scribes artists working Charles Bald, grandson Charlemagne, king Franks (840-77) Emperor (875-77). It can dated c.860.
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