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Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
This is a listing of illuminated manuscripts produced between 900 and 1066 in Anglo-Saxon monasteries, or by Anglo-Saxon scribes or illuminators working in continental scriptoria. This list includes manuscripts in Latin and Anglo-Saxon. For manuscripts produced before 900 see the List of Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscripts.
The Rossano Gospels, designated by 042 or Σ (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 18 (), held at the cathedral of Rossano in Italy, is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript Gospel Book written following the reconquest of the Italian peninsula by the Byzantine Empire.
Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels contains the incipit from the Gospel of Matthew.. The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715–720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the British Library in London. [1]
The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, 134 C 47 (Book of Hours and Prayer Book) The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, 135 F 4 (Book of Hours and Prayer Book) The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, 135 G 12 (Book of Hours and Prayer Book) The Hague, Musee Meermanno-Westreenianum, 10 F 15 (Book of Hours and Prayer Book)
Dionsyiou cod. 587 is an example of an illuminated Gospel made for the patriarch of Constantinople to read during mass. The illustrations were created to enhance the passages of the Gospel and bring the word of God to the viewer. The four Gospels, John, Mathew, Luke and Mark take the reader through the year from Easter to Easter. [18]
Jacob's Ladder from a Speculum of c. 1430, prefiguring the Ascension, right The Ascension from the same manuscript, see left. Danish Royal Library. The Speculum Humanae Salvationis or Mirror of Human Salvation was a bestselling, anonymously illustrated work of popular theology in the late Middle Ages, part of the genre of encyclopedic speculum literature, in this case concentrating on the ...
The Echternach Gospels are an example of illuminated manuscripts that served as teaching tools as well as liturgical books. It is argued that the bright colours and abstract designs of Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, in particular, captured the mysticism of Christianity for non-Christians. [ 5 ]