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Original fileIncipit Evangelia (Bamberg Apocalypse)
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About This Work
This is a detail of a medieval manuscript page featuring formal, clear Latin capital letters. To the left, a tall, vertical illuminated bar serves as a marginal divider, colored in deep blue and accented with red and gold stylized foliate motifs at the top, center, and bottom. The text is written in a neat, legible hand using green and black ink, set against the light, textured background of the parchment.
This page belongs to the Bamberg Apocalypse, a high-medieval Ottonian manuscript produced around 1000 AD, which reflects the liturgical and scriptorial traditions of the Holy Roman Empire.
Inscriptions(Latin)
I N C I P I V N T E V A N G E L I A Q V E L E G V N T D I E B V S F E S T I S P E R C I R C V L V M A N N I S E Q S C I E V A N G E L I I S C D M A T H E V M I N I L L O T E M P :
Translation
Here begin the Gospels which are read on feast days throughout the cycle of the year. The Gospel according to Matthew. At that time:
Connected Texts
Bamberg Apocalypse
This image is a folio from the Bamberg Apocalypse, a masterwork of Ottonian book illumination.