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SUMMARY:The oldest illustrated book in Cambridge - a reconsideration of th
 e St Augustine Gospels - Prof. Nigel Morgan\, Corpus Christi College\, Cam
 bridge
DTSTART:20150120T174500Z
DTEND:20150120T191500Z
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CONTACT:Prof Jane Chapman
DESCRIPTION:Corpus Christi College possesses one of the oldest extant illu
 strated manuscripts\, the St Augustine Gospels from the sixth century. Thi
 s lecture discusses the origin of illustrated books in Late Antiquity and 
 their earliest appearance in biblical texts. This famous Gospel Book is th
 ought to have been brought from Italy to England by St Augustine of Canter
 bury on his mission to evangelise the Anglo-Saxons in 597. The evidence fo
 r and against this identification will be discussed.\n\n
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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