Gospels of Matilda

Gospels of Matilda Facsimile Edition

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The Gospels of Matilda is named after Matilda di Canossa, Countess of Tuscany, who had it made around 1075 for the monastery of San Benedetto in Polirone. It contains the Christian Bible's accounts of Christ's life, to which a liber vitae ("book of life") has been added, a list of people associated with the monastery. The manuscript is famous for its miniatures, eleven executed entirely in red and gold, and its depiction of the Cleansing of the Temple (fol. 84r) preceding the Gospel of John.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Gospels of Matilda": Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany facsimile edition, published by Roxburghe Club, 1917

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Alternative Titles: Gospel book of San Benedetto in Polirone -- Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany
Physical Features: Manuscript book on parchment − 33.3 × 22.6 cm − 106 fols.
Origin: ca. 1075 and ca. 1099 − San Benedetto in Polirone, Italy
Genre(s): Scripture
Style: Romanesque
Language(s): Latin
Script(s): Caroline Minuscule
Patron(s): Matilda di Canossa
Content: Gospel accounts of the life of Christ preceded by a capitulary and canon tables and followed by a liber vitae of San Benedetto in Polirone
Illumination: 7 full-page miniatures; 6 half-page or marginal miniatures; 7 canon table pages

Manuscript book description compiled by Dongwon Esther Kim.

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Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany

Commentary (English) by Warner, George F.; Morgan, J. Pierpont

This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Gospels of Matilda: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

Facsimile edition featuring 19 plates in gold and color and 12 in monochrome from the John Pierpont Morgan MS M.492.

Gospels of Matilda Facsimile Edition