Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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Page 40
... Gospels , in Greek , in silver , leaves of which are in the British Museum , at Vienna , Rome , and in larger numbers at Patmos , whence the others were obtained ; also of the 6th century . The Codex Rossanensis , lately dis- covered at ...
... Gospels , in Greek , in silver , leaves of which are in the British Museum , at Vienna , Rome , and in larger numbers at Patmos , whence the others were obtained ; also of the 6th century . The Codex Rossanensis , lately dis- covered at ...
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... Gospels at Paris , said to have been written for Charlemagne by Godescalc in letters of gold . 8 A similar MS . at Vienna.9 The Latin Gospels of the Hamilton collection of MSS . lately at Berlin , which appears to have once be- longed ...
... Gospels at Paris , said to have been written for Charlemagne by Godescalc in letters of gold . 8 A similar MS . at Vienna.9 The Latin Gospels of the Hamilton collection of MSS . lately at Berlin , which appears to have once be- longed ...
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... Gospels from Canterbury ( Brit . Mus . , Royal MS . 1. E. vi . ) , a large folio . volume , in which there still remain some leaves dyed of a rich deep rose colour and decorated with ornamental initials and paintings , the remnant of a ...
... Gospels from Canterbury ( Brit . Mus . , Royal MS . 1. E. vi . ) , a large folio . volume , in which there still remain some leaves dyed of a rich deep rose colour and decorated with ornamental initials and paintings , the remnant of a ...
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Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. Canons , no doubt prefixed to a copy of the Gospels , of the 6th century . Paper . Paper , manufactured from fibrous substances , appears to have been known to the Chinese at a most remote period . Its ...
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. Canons , no doubt prefixed to a copy of the Gospels , of the 6th century . Paper . Paper , manufactured from fibrous substances , appears to have been known to the Chinese at a most remote period . Its ...
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... Gospels , in uncial letters , of the 9th century ; Harl . MS . 2797 , also a copy of the Gospels , in minuscule writing , late in the 9th century , from the monastery of St. Geneviève , Paris . The Cottonian MS . , Tiberius A. ii ...
... Gospels , in uncial letters , of the 9th century ; Harl . MS . 2797 , also a copy of the Gospels , in minuscule writing , late in the 9th century , from the monastery of St. Geneviève , Paris . The Cottonian MS . , Tiberius A. ii ...
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