Fulda Gospels
Illustration — Luke The Evangelist The Fuldaer Evangeliar is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript, which was created in the middle of the 9th century in the Princely Abbey of Fulda. The painting school of Fulda was one of the few in the succession of the Aachen court school of Charlemagne, in whose tradition also this gospel stands stylistically. Today the Gospel is located in the Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg (signature: M.p.th.f.
Fulda Gospels
Meister der Fuldaer Schule (I) · The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. · Public domain
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- 800
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- University Library Würzburg
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Illustration — Luke The Evangelist The Fuldaer Evangeliar is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript, which was created in the middle of the 9th century in the Princely Abbey of Fulda. The painting school of Fulda was one of the few in the succession of the Aachen court school of Charlemagne, in whose tradition also this gospel stands stylistically. Today the Gospel is located in the Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg (signature: M.p.th.f.
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The front cover of the codex is decorated with one of the oldest ivory reliefs of the "Younger Metz School".
The record gives 800 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is recorded in the collection of University Library Würzburg.
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