León Bible of 920

The León Bible of 920 is a manuscript bible copied and illuminated in 920 in a monastery in the Province of León in Spain. It is also known as the John and Vimara Bible or the Holy Bible of León. It is now held as codex 6 in the library of León Cathedral and is one of the most important manuscripts of the Spanish High Middle Ages.

Not to be confused with León Bible of 960.
Miniature of an angel, symbol of saint Luke (f. 211).

It was edited by abbot Maurus and produced by the copyist and illuminator 'Ioannes' (John) under the supervision of a monk called Vimara.[1][2]

References
  1. Williams, 1977, pp. 44-46
  2. Williams, 1999, pp. 182-183

Bibliography
  • John Williams, Imaging the Early Medieval Bible, Penn State Press, 1999, 227 p. (ISBN 9780271017686, pp. 181-183

Further reading
  • Gloria Fernández Somoza, "La Biblia de León del año 920 en el contexto de la miniatura hispánica ", in: Joaquín Yarza Luaces, María Victoria Herráez Ortega, Gerardo Boto Varela, Congreso Internacional «La Catedral de León en la Edad Media», 2004, pp. 499—507 (ISBN 84-9773-161-1)
  • Ana Suárez González, "La Biblia Visigótica de la Catedral de León (Códice 6) primeros apuntes para un estudio arqueológico", in: Estudios humanísticos. Historia; no. 10, 2011, pp. 179—196 (ISSN 1696-0300)

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