Der Codex Aureus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München.

Munich, Hugo Schmidt Verlag, [1921]-1925

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Lot description

6 vol., elephant folio.

Publ. binding. In slipcases (except vol. II).

Luxurious coloured facsimile of the Gospel of the School around Charles the Bald, which was written by his order around 870 by the monks Berengar and Luithard. With 253 plates with numerous illuminated initials, miniatures and decorative borders in gold and colours, ed. by Georg Leidinger.