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LANGUAGE: LATIN

DATE: 690-710

PAGE #: 464

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HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THE FOUR GOSPELS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE GOSPELS OF ECHTERNACH OR SAINT WILLIBRORD WERE UNCOVERED IN THE ARCHIVE OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE IN LATE 2017. THE SCRIPT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF ANGLO-SAXON CALLIGRAPHY. THE MANUSCRIPT IS SPLIT INTO FOUR MAIN SECTIONS. EACH SECTIONS STARTS WITH A DECORATIVE PAGE REPRESENTING THE FOUR EVANGELISTS. PAGE 18V MATTHEW, 75V MARK, 115V LUKE, 176V JOHN. THE MANUSCRIPTS HAS A STYLE, TECHNIQUE AND SIMILAR HANDWRITING TO THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS. THE DATE SUGGESTS THIS MANUSCRIPT WAS EITHER DONE NEXT TO OR PRODUCED SHORTLY AFTER THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS. MOST LIKELY BY THE SAME HANDS.

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