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The Codex Amiatinus and its "sister" Bibles : scripture, liturgy, and art in the milieu of the Venerable Bede / by Celia Chazelle.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chazelle, Celia, 1954- author.
Series:
Commentaria (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 10.
Commentaria : sacred texts and their commentaries : Jewish, Christian and Islamic ; volume 10
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Codex Amiatinus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Codex Amiatinus.
Codex Amiatinus--Illustrations.
Bible--Latin--Vulgate.
Bible.
Bible--Publication and distribution.
Wearmouth-Jarrow Partnership.
Jarrow (Abbey : Jarrow, England).
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Bede.
Ceolfrid, of Wearmouth, Saint, 642-716.
Ceolfrid.
Illustration of books.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 634 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Summary:
"The Codex Amiatinus and its "Sister" Bibles examines the full Bibles (Bibles containing every scriptural text that producers deemed canonical) made at the northern English monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrith (d. 716) and the Venerable Bede (d. 735), and the religious, cultural, and intellectual circumstances of their production. The key manuscript witness of this monastery's Bible-making enterprise is the Codex Amiatinus, a massive illustrated volume sent toward Rome in June 716, as a gift to St. Peter. Amiatinus is the oldest extant, largely intact Latin full Bible. Its survival is the critical reason that Ceolfrith's Wearmouth-Jarrow has long been recognized as a pivotal center in the evolution of the design, structure, and contents of medieval biblical codices"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Wearmouth-Jarrow and the context of the Codex Amiatinus
Bede, monasticism, and scripture
The Wearmouth-Jarrow full Bible manuscripts
Bibles and reading at Wearmouth-Jarrow
The preliminary gathering, and painting of the glorified Christ
A gift for St. Peter
Amiatinus and the wider world
Connecting past to present.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Chazelle, Celia Martin, author. Codex Amiatinus and its "sister" Bibles
ISBN:
9789004390133
9004390138
OCLC:
1061869745

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