Souvigny bible
The Bible of Souvigny was written at the end of the 12th century in France. It is filled with five large miniatures and fifty-three historiated initials of manuscript illuminations and was produced at the Cluny Abbey. It is a chief of work of art from the French Middle Ages and is preserved at the bibliothèque de Moulins.
Also recorded as Bible de Souvigny
Souvigny bible
mediatheques.agglo-moulins.fr · Public domain
- Date
- 1200
- Language
- Latin
- Material
- parchment · vellum
- Held by
- Municipal library of Moulins
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The Bible of Souvigny was written at the end of the 12th century in France. It is filled with five large miniatures and fifty-three historiated initials of manuscript illuminations and was produced at the Cluny Abbey. It is a chief of work of art from the French Middle Ages and is preserved at the bibliothèque de Moulins.
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The Bible of Souvigny was saved from confiscation during the French Revolution. There is a facsimile of the Bible of Souvigny in the city of the same name in Auvergne.
Souvigny bible is recorded as made of parchment and vellum. Associated with France. Recorded from 1200.
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1200
Souvigny bible created.
1200
Souvigny bible is recorded from 1200.
1967
The Souvigny Bible (1967) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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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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