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| Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, Latin Gospel Lectionary.jpg Ivory for display Court School of Charlemagne at Aachen c 800 This carving of Christ in triumph surrounded by twelve smaller scenes and miracles from His life was inset in the 18thcentury leather cover of a Latin Gospel Lectionary made c 800 for the nunnery of Chelles near Paris where around that time Charlemagne's sister Gisela was abbess A Lectionary is designed to be carried in solemn procession in church for the reading of the Gospel; the ivory if original to this book would have been appropriate for such veneration exhibition history Spine and front board source filename oulis2009-atb-0017-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//87e84f35-f8d2-474d-bd06-5ffeeac436f9 Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries Latin Gospel Lectionary Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries Latin Gospel Lectionary http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/87e84f35-f8d2-474d-bd06-5ffeeac436f9/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding Carved ivory objects Court School of Charlemagne | ||||
