Book of Cerne
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The Book of Cerne is an early ninth-century Insular or Anglo-Saxon Latin personal prayer book with Old English components. It belongs to a group of four such early prayer books, the others being the R
Book of Cerne, f. 12v: Gospel of St Mark miniature, showing the winged Lion of St Mark
Book of Nunnaminster
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The Book of Nunnaminster is a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon prayerbook. It was written in the kingdom of Mercia, using an "insular" hand, related to Carolingian minuscule. It was probably later owned by Eal
Book of Cerne
…Old English components. It belongs to a group of four such early prayer books, the others being the Royal Prayerbook, the Harleian prayerbook, and the Book of Nunnaminster. It is now commonly believed to have been produced sometime between ca. 820 and 840 AD in the Southumbrian/Mercian region of England. The original book…
Zoomorphic initial ‘d’: Book of Nunnaminster, f. 16v