First Bible of Charles the Bald

Folio 11r, the Initium to the Book of Genesis from the Second Bible of Charles the Bald.

The First Bible of Charles the Bald (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 1) is a lavishly illuminated 9th century manuscript Bible commissioned by Count Vivien, the lay abbot of St. Martin at Tours, and presented to Charles the Bald in 846 on a visit to the church. It is also known as the Count Vivian Bible or the Vivian Bible. It is 495 mm by 345 mm and has 423 vellum folios.

The inscription makes reference to the importance of reading and digesting the bible as part of good kingship.

This is also understood to be the third illuminated bible to have been made at Tours following the Bamburgh and Grandval Moutier bibles.

References

• Walther, Ingo F. and Norbert Wolf. Codices Illustres: The world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, 400 to 1600. Köln, TASCHEN, 2005.

This article about a book related to Christianity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v ·

This article about an illuminated manuscript is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Illuminated biblical manuscripts Charles the Bald 9th-century biblical manuscripts Bibliothèque nationale de France collections Christian studies book stubs Illuminated manuscript stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную? Sapphic stanza List of Internet stations Look at other dictionaries: Charles the Bald — Charles the Bald, denier, minted at Bourges, after 848 Charles the Bald[1] (13 June 823 – 6 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875–877, as Charles II) and King of West Francia (840–877, as Charle …   Wikipedia Charles Darwin — Charles Darwin …   Wikipedia Philosophy and its background in the early medieval West — Rosamond McKitterick and John Marenbon ‘Libraries, schools and the dissemination of texts’ is by Rosamond McKitterick; the ‘Introduction’ and ‘Philosophical themes’ are by John Marenbon. INTRODUCTION The period from 800 to 1100 is even more… …   History of philosophy Chronology of the Late Antique and Early Medieval World —  ♣ 305 With the retirement of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, the Roman Empire falls again into civil war, which leads to the eventual triumph of Constantine the Great.  ♣ 313 The emperors Constantine and Licinius issue the Edict of Milan,… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe History of the Netherlands — This article is part of a series Early History …   Wikipedia Alfred the Great — (849 899)    The most important and influential of the Saxon kings of England, Alfred has been known as the Great since the sixteenth century. As king of Wessex he was involved in a prolonged struggle with the Danes, who invaded England almost… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe History of the Jews in Iraq — Iraqi Jews are Jews born in Iraq or of Iraqi heritage. The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 800 BCE. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world s oldest and most historically significant Jewish… …   Wikipedia History of the Jews —     History of the Jews     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jews     (Yehúd m; Ioudaismos).     Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races;… …   Catholic encyclopedia The End (novel) — The End   …   Wikipedia First Great Awakening — Great Awakening (engl. für „Große Erweckung“) ist die Sammelbezeichnung für eine Reihe großer protestantischer Erweckungsbewegungen, die sich seit den 1730er Jahren in den britischen Kolonien in Nordamerika bzw. den Vereinigten Staaten ereigneten …   Deutsch Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”