Campus Stories - Julia Marciari-Alexander

Pages from the Reichenau Gospels from the Middle of the 11th century CE. This Gospel Book is believed to come from the Abbey of Reichenau, on Lake Constance, on the basis of its script and illumination. As a whole, it is an excellent example of Ottonian book illumination. For full description, see http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W7/description.html.
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Walters Art Museum manuscript collection makes a virtual move to Stanford

CYNTHIA HAVEN | May 13, 2013

More than 100,000 high-resolution images of unique medieval manuscripts will have a second home, thanks to a new agreement between the Walters Art Museum and Stanford University Libraries. The Walters’ holdings of 850 medieval illuminated manuscripts and 150 single leaves, ranging in date from the ninth to the 19th century, are one of the most…

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