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Online assignment with medieval manuscript facsimiles

Lindisfarne Gospels

The Lindisfarne Gospels is a book of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John created in approximately 700.  The manuscript contains the oldest translation of the Gospels from Latin into Old English.  The translation was added around 970 and is inserted between the lines of Latin text.  

Click here for a brief video tour of a facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

Golden Psalter of Charlemagne

This Golden Psalter is a devotional book of 150 Psalms and additional Frankish Canticles  that Charlemagne commissioned for his wife.  "Golden" refers to the golden script throughout the entirety of the manuscript.  It was created before 795.  It's also known as the Dagulf Psalter for a scribe Dagulf who signed his name in a poem to the king in the manuscript.  

Click here to see a facsimile of the Golden Psalter of Charlemagne. 

Resource Citations


Lindisfarne Gospels

Brown, Michelle. Das Buch von Lindisfarne : Cotton Ms Nero D.iv der British Library, London . Faksimile Verlag, 2003.

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Golden Psalter of Charlemagne

Holter, Kurt. Der Goldene Psalter : facsimile & commentarium. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1980.

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