The Codex Amiatinus and Its "Sister" Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in the Milieu of the Venerable Bede

by Celia Chazelle

The Codex Amiatinus and its "Sister" Bibles examines the full Bibles (Bibles containing every scriptural text that producers deemed canonical) made at the northern English monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrith (d. 716) and the Venerable Bede (d. 735), and the religious, cultural, and intellectual circumstances of their production. The key manuscript witness of this monastery's Bible-making enterprise is the Codex Amiatinus, a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004390138
• ISBN13: 9789004390133
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"