Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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@elysegrasso I think you missed the rest of the thread? The #AugustineGospels have been safely kept in the Parker #Library for 450 years, may be seen in glorious detail online, & their ongoing role in public life is reaffirmed by rare & special display. This was their 10th outing. They were carried with great care by Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Master of #CorpusChristi. More explanation here:
https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/a2f9d2ef-d0e0-43f8-850b-0bd1807f2650/
#medieval #Christian #gospel #NationalTreasure
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
362 followers · 352 posts · Server h-net.social@DanS Sorry! I should have specified #StAugustineOfCanterbury, rather than #StAugustineOfHippo. We fans of the #AugustineGospels get rather excited... but still over 1400 years old, & looking pretty good for their age?
#staugustineofcanterbury #staugustineofhippo #augustinegospels
Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
362 followers · 352 posts · Server h-net.social@FloydyStu The #AugustineGospels ARE fully available online, for the world, #OpenAccess, thanks to the #ParkerLibrary at #CorpusChristiCambridge, & #StanfordUniversity, as recently highlighted by #UNESCO. Surely a source of joy?
#digitised #medieval #manuscript #bookstodon
@noonjinx
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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The 265 surviving folios of the #AugustineGospels include 2 pages with lively illustrations: #StLuke at the beginning of his #Gospel, & 12 scenes depicting the #PassionOfChrist.
Higher-resolution images of the whole #manuscript may be seen at https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/mk707wk3350
#medieval #manuscript #6thCentury #digitised #book #OpenAccess #StAugustineOfCanterbury #PopeGregoryTheGreat #medievodon #histodon #bookstodon #StAugustine #BookIllustration #GraphicNovel @medievodons @histodons @bookstodon
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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An image which beautifully captures the extraordinary scene of the #AugustineGospels being carried across the #CosmatiPavement at #WestminsterAbbey as King & Queen look on...
"the Gospel book given by Pope S Gregory the Great to S Augustine to bring to England on the mission in AD 597..."
(M/T Luke Miller)...
& in half a day Twitter reports 11 views. Let's see if more interest on the Fediverse?
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
343 followers · 334 posts · Server h-net.socialThe #ParkerLibrary has a new page on the #AugustineGospels, to celebrate entry into the #UNESCO UK #MemoryOfTheWorld Register. This extraordinary illustrated manuscript was owned by #StAugustine, sent to him by #PopeGregoryTheGreat to help in his mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons of England to Christianity.
https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/unesco-enters-6th-century-augustine-gospels-into-the-2022-uk-memory-of-the-world-register-copy-2/index.html
The whole book may be viewed online at https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/mk707wk3350
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