Godescalc Evangelistary
Contributors: Godescalc (Scribe); Bibliothèque nationale de France
Edition: Library edition.
Publisher: Facsimile Finder
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Santarcangelo di Romagna], Italy
Language: lat
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9788894105872
Subjects: Illustrations; Evangeliaries; Carolingian Illumination of books and manuscripts; Evangelists (Bible) in art; Library; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Facsimiles; Early works to 1800; Liturgy; Texts; Lectionaries; Libraries; Godescalc Gospels; Catholic Church; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Other titles: Evange Liarium, Nouv. Acq. Lat. 1203; Evangeliarium, Nouv. Acq. Lat. 1203
Work titles: Gospel lectionary (Ms. Godescalc Gospels)
Description: Full-color facsimile of Bibliothèque nationale de France ms. Nouv. acq. lat. 1203. Manuscript was commissioned for the Emperor Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard, and is traditionally considered the earliest known manuscript produced in Charlemagne's Court School in Aachen. It is named for the scribe Godescalc, who wrote and signed it. The manuscript was produced starting on October 7, 781, and completed on April 30, 783.
Notes: Full-color facsimile of Bibliothèque nationale de France ms. Nouv. acq. lat. 1203. Manuscript was commissioned for the Emperor Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard, and is traditionally considered the earliest known manuscript produced in Charlemagne's Court School in Aachen. It is named for the scribe Godescalc, who wrote and signed it. The manuscript was produced starting on October 7, 781, and completed on April 30, 783. The text consists of excerpts from the Gospels arranged for liturgical use during the church year.

"This edition is limited to 98 copies in arabic numbers (1-98) and 20 copies in roman numbers (I-XX) from a total print-run of 980 copies"--Colophon.

"Binding design by Giulia Fogliani and Giovanni Scorcioni"--Colophon.

Title from colophon.

Printed on spine: Evange Liarium, Nouv. Acq. Lat. 1203.

Avery Classics copy: No.34.

Manuscript in Latin.