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FINALLY,
THE BROTHERS' VESTRY[174]
. . . With respect to those villas which are located in Amiénois or
Beauvaisis or Artois, it shall thus be observed in all matters just
as is ordained for the rest of our villas. . .
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LORSCH GOSPELS
BIBLIOTECA VATICANA, PAL. LAT. 50, LEAF 8r
PRESTEL VERLAG, MUNICH, Wolfgang Braunfels
INCIPIT of the Gospel of Luke in gold capitals which "are the symbols of the Imperial and
Christian NOVA ROMA which Charlemagne undertook to build anew . . . . The aristocratic
splendour of the Court School would always remain alien to monastic artists"
(Braunfels). The letters, like the brilliant illuminations of the codex, contrast with the
humble minuscule monochrome favored in scriptoria of abbeys like St. Gall and Corbie.
The four parts of the codex, owned by four distinct governments, were brought together for
the Council of Europe Exhibition Charlemagne, Aachen, 1965.
The column continues for eight more lines
with lettering of matching proportion and height,
all letters executed in gold on unadorned parchment
in a composition of great richness, exquisite taste,
and marked by impressive restraint and strength.
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