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The Treasure of Saint Denis

Book of Gospels and Epistles

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Description Book of Epistles and gospels the cover of which is made of gold decorated with precious stones

Félibien, pages 543. Translated by Jane Vadnal.

Subsequent History

• Book (without the cover) taken to the Louvre, December 15, 1793.
• Book cover destroyed in 1794.
• Book sent to the Bibliothèque Nationale in 1881.

Notes

Book

• Parchment, 127 folios.
• Height 30 cm, width, 20 cm..

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Comparative Material

Other manuscripts in the Treasure of Saint-Denis.

Bibliography

Félibien, page 543.

Louvre, no. 35, pp 210-1.

Montesquiou-Fezensac, I and II, no. 95,. III p 69-70.

FÉLIBIEN PLATE IV	SAINT-DENIS TREASURES	SAINT-DENIS MAIN PAGE	FRANCE	INTRODUCTION

Last updated by:JV Date: November 28, 2006