The Golden Gospels of Echternach, Codex aureus Epternacensis.

The Golden Gospels of Echternach, Codex aureus Epternacensis.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Metz, Peter, 1901-
Uniform title:	Goldene Evangelienbuch von Echternach im Germanischen National-Museum zu Nürnberg
Imprint:	New York, Praeger [1957]
Description:	96 pages mounted illustrations, 106 facsimiles (12 color) 34 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible. -- Manuscripts, Latin. -- Gospels. -- Codex aureus Epternacensis. Bible. Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens. Manuscripts, Latin -- Facsimiles. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Manuscripts, Latin. Facsimiles. Specimens.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2097353

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Notes:	Translation of Das Goldene Evangelienbuch von Echternach im Germanischen National-Museum zu Nürnberg. Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-96).
Summary:	This volume is based on the Codex Aureus of Echternach (Codex aureus Epternacensis) an 11th-century illuminated Gospel Book. The period to which it belongs began in 962 with the coronation of Otto the Great as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; it ended in 1056 with the death of the Emperor Henry III.
Other form:	Online version: Metz, Peter, 1901- Goldene Evangelienbuch von Echternach im Germanischen National-Museum zu Nürnberg. English. Golden Gospels of Echternach, Codex aureus Epternacensis. New York, Praeger [1957]

Table of Contents:

Coulour plates I-XII
Historical note
Introduction
I. The idea behind the codex
II. The design and how it came to be
The binding (plate)
Notes to the plates
Colour Plate XIII
Monochrome plates 1-94.