Description of the Illuminated Carpet Page: from the miniature Saint Gall Gospels, Celts, Celtic, illuminated manuscript, Jesus, Christ. Apostles, angels, cross, Celtic boarder patterns
The Irish Gospels of St. Gall or Codex Sangallensis 51 is an 8th-century Insular Gospel Book, written either in Ireland or by Irish monks in the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland, where it is now in the Abbey library of St. Gallen as MS 51. It has 134 folios (so 268 pages). Amongst its 11 illustrated pages are a Crucifixion, a Last Judgement, a Chi Rho monogram page, a carpet page, and Evangelist portraits. Read more...
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