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Godescalc Gospel Lectionary, fol. 26v

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Manuscript Information

Title of manuscript: Godescalc Gospel Lectionary
MS call number (and folio selected): Paris, BNF lat.1203
Current location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Place of creation: Aachen, Germany
Date of creation: 781-783

Codicology and Paleography

Language(s) of text: Latin
Script: Mostly uncial, with the early examples of Caroline miniscule in the dedicatory poem towards the end of the manuscript
Abbreviations: None
Textual corrections
            Contemporary: None
            Later: None
Marginal commentary
            Contemporary: None
            Later: None
Rubrication: The only sign of rubrication is found on f. 91v
Instructions for scribe: None
Instructions for rubricator and/or artist: None

Provenance

Marks of ownership: None
Previous owners: None

Mise en page

Columns: Two
Lines per column: Twenty-nine on left, twenty-six on right

Decoration (in hierarchical order)

Gilding: Most of the text is gilded.
Small ink initials: None
Pen flourished initials: None
Painted initials: Five painted initials of Franco-insular style, representing important dates of the Church year.
     -f. 4r (Christmas Eve)
     -f. 27r (First Sunday of Lent)
     -f. 48r and 48v (Palm Sunday)
     -f. 102v (First Sunday of Advent)
Gold initials: None
Foliate initials: None
Zoomorphic initials: None
Anthropomorphic initials: None
Historiated initials: None
Miniatures: None
Marginal Illustrations: None
Full page illustration: Six full-page illustrations found on f. 1r-3v.
     -f. 1r (St. Matthew)
     -f. 1v (St. Mark)
     -f. 2r (St. Luke)
     -f. 2v (St. John)
     -f. 3r (Christ in Majesty)
     -f. 3v (Fountain of Life)

Other Information

The Godescalc Gospel Lectionary has traveled across Europe, originating in Worms, Germany and stopping in Paris, France. It is a miracle it survived the French Revolution, since a lot of the books in the Abbey it was kept prior were burned. Originally created for Charlemagne's son Pepin's baptism, this lectionary now stands as an example of Byzantine and Italian influenced art.

Further readings

  1. Crivello, Fabrizio, et al. Dasœ Godescalc-Evangelistar Eine Prachthandschrift Fur Karl Den Grossen. Primus-Verl., 2011.
  2. Hamel, Christopher De. A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. Phaidon Press Limited, 2014.
  3. “NAL 1203.” Archives and Manuscripts, BNF, archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc34648s.

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