Gospel Book, ca. 825–50, Made in probably Metz, present-day France, Carolingian, Ink and opaque watercolor on parchment; modern leather binding, Binding: 11 3/4 × 8 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (29.9 × 20.8 × 7 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Charlemagne and his successors, who valued learning, accorded outsize value to books of all kinds. The Gospel Book, which contained the Bible’s several versions of the life of Jesus, reigned supreme. No churchman, court advisor, noblewoman or king would want to be without one
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Gospel Book, ca, 825–50, Metz, present-day France, Carolingian, Ink, opaque watercolor, parchment, modern leather binding, Binding, 11 3/4, 8 3/16, 2, 29.9, 20.8, 7 cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, Charlemagne, successors, valued learning, accorded outsize value, books, kinds, contained, Bible, several, versions, life, Jesus, reigned supreme, No churchman, court advisor, noblewoman, king, want
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