The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in the Milieu of the Venerable Bede

The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in the Milieu of the Venerable Bede / Celia Chazelle.

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 i...

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Chazelle, Celia.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Commentaria 10.
Physical Description:1 online resource (662 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps and Tables
  • Figures
  • Color Plates
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Wearmouth–Jarrow and the Context of the Codex Amiatinus 1
  • 2 Bede, Monasticism, and Scripture 63
  • 3 The Wearmouth–Jarrow Full Bible Manuscripts 135
  • 4 Bibles and Reading at Wearmouth-Jarrow 236
  • 5 The Preliminary Gathering and the Painting of the Glorified Christ 311
  • 6 A Gift for St. Peter 398
  • 7 Connecting Past to Present 450
  • Appendix: Codicological Summary of the Codex Amiatinus Biblical Manuscript 471
  • Plates and Figures 559
  • Back Matter
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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