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Barberini Gospels

Barberini Gospels is an illuminated manuscript.

Also recorded as Vatican. Vatican Library, Barb.lat.570

Barberini Gospels

Folio 125 recto from the Barberini Gospels, The incipit page to John.

Barberini Gospels · Public domain

Date
800.
Material
parchment.
Held by
Vatican Library.

In this article

  1. 01Making and history
  2. 02Provenance and holdings
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.

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