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... Gospels . For the enrichment of their manuscripts , the Irish drew on established metalwork traditions , both Germanic and Celtic , as well as on examples of Early Christian illumination . The re- sultant art , carried out in all ...
... Gospels . For the enrichment of their manuscripts , the Irish drew on established metalwork traditions , both Germanic and Celtic , as well as on examples of Early Christian illumination . The re- sultant art , carried out in all ...
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... Gospels ; Christ and Virgin diptych Purse lid , Sutton Hoo ; Book of Durrow ; Echternach and Lindisfarne gospels Book of Kells ; Oseberg Ship Dome of the Rock ; Great Mosque , Damascus , with mosaics Great Mosque , Córdoba ; frescoes at ...
... Gospels ; Christ and Virgin diptych Purse lid , Sutton Hoo ; Book of Durrow ; Echternach and Lindisfarne gospels Book of Kells ; Oseberg Ship Dome of the Rock ; Great Mosque , Damascus , with mosaics Great Mosque , Córdoba ; frescoes at ...
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... Gospels ) , written in under illusionistic arcades . Coronation Gospels . One of the finest Carolingian manuscripts is the Cor- onation Gospels , which is said to have been found on Charlemagne's knees when his tomb was opened in A.D. ...
... Gospels ) , written in under illusionistic arcades . Coronation Gospels . One of the finest Carolingian manuscripts is the Cor- onation Gospels , which is said to have been found on Charlemagne's knees when his tomb was opened in A.D. ...
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