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.
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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
- Williams, 1977, pp. 44-46
- 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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