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Tuesday 20 January 2015, 17:45-19:15
The oldest illustrated book in Cambridge - a reconsideration of the St Augustine Gospels
â ī¸ Important: This talk is open to the public and may be podcast
- đ¤ Speaker: Prof. Nigel Morgan, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 20 January 2015, 17:45 - 19:15
- đ Venue: Gatsby Room, Wolfson College
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Abstract
Corpus Christi College possesses one of the oldest extant illustrated manuscripts, the St Augustine Gospels from the sixth century. This lecture discusses the origin of illustrated books in Late Antiquity and their earliest appearance in biblical texts. This famous Gospel Book is thought to have been brought from Italy to England by St Augustine of Canterbury on his mission to evangelise the Anglo-Saxons in 597. The evidence for and against this identification will be discussed.
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Humanities Society talks series.
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