Codex Argenteus
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The Codex argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript originally containing part of the 4th-century translation of the Christian Bible into the Gothic language traditionally attributed to the Go
A facsimile of the Codex argenteus
Part of the Lord's Prayer, transliteration "... in himina, weihnai namo þein; qimai þiudinassus þeins, wairþai wilja þeins, swe in himina jah ana airþai; hlaif..." from De Literis & Lingva GETARUM Sive GOTHORUM, 1597, p.33.
Purple parchment
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Purple parchment or purple vellum refers to parchment dyed purple; codex purpureus refers to manuscripts written entirely or mostly on such parchment. The lettering may be in gold or silver. Later the
Codex Argenteus
…seat in Ravenna, or in the Po valley or at Brescia; it was made as a special and impressive book written with gold and silver ink on high-quality thin vellum stained a regal purple, with an ornate treasure binding. Under Theodoric's reign, manuscripts of the Gothic Bible were recopied. After Theodoric's death in 526, the "Silver…
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