home.social

#augustinegospels — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #augustinegospels, aggregated by home.social.

  1. @elysegrasso I think you missed the rest of the thread? The #AugustineGospels have been safely kept in the Parker #Library for 450 years, may be seen in glorious detail online, & their ongoing role in public life is reaffirmed by rare & special display. This was their 10th outing. They were carried with great care by Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Master of #CorpusChristi. More explanation here:
    corpus-christi-college.shortha
    #medieval #Christian #gospel #NationalTreasure

  2. @elysegrasso I think you missed the rest of the thread? The #AugustineGospels have been safely kept in the Parker #Library for 450 years, may be seen in glorious detail online, & their ongoing role in public life is reaffirmed by rare & special display. This was their 10th outing. They were carried with great care by Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Master of #CorpusChristi. More explanation here:
    corpus-christi-college.shortha
    #medieval #Christian #gospel #NationalTreasure

  3. @elysegrasso I think you missed the rest of the thread? The #AugustineGospels have been safely kept in the Parker #Library for 450 years, may be seen in glorious detail online, & their ongoing role in public life is reaffirmed by rare & special display. This was their 10th outing. They were carried with great care by Prof Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Master of #CorpusChristi. More detail here:
    corpus-christi-college.shortha
    #medieval #Christian #gospel #NationalTreasure

  4. @elysegrasso I think you missed the rest of the thread? The #AugustineGospels have been safely kept in the Parker #Library for 450 years, may be seen in glorious detail online, & their ongoing role in public life is reaffirmed by rare & special display. This was their 10th outing. They were carried with great care by Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Master of #CorpusChristi. More explanation here:
    corpus-christi-college.shortha
    #medieval #Christian #gospel #NationalTreasure

  5. @elysegrasso I think you missed the rest of the thread? The #AugustineGospels have been safely kept in the Parker #Library for 450 years, may be seen in glorious detail online, & their ongoing role in public life is reaffirmed by rare & special display. This was their 10th outing. They were carried with great care by Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Master of #CorpusChristi. More explanation here:
    corpus-christi-college.shortha
    #medieval #Christian #gospel #NationalTreasure

  6. @DanS Sorry! I should have specified #StAugustineOfCanterbury, rather than #StAugustineOfHippo. We fans of the #AugustineGospels get rather excited... but still over 1400 years old, & looking pretty good for their age?

  7. @DanS Sorry! I should have specified #StAugustineOfCanterbury, rather than #StAugustineOfHippo. We fans of the #AugustineGospels get rather excited... but still over 1400 years old, & looking pretty good for their age?

  8. @DanS Sorry! I should have specified #StAugustineOfCanterbury, rather than #StAugustineOfHippo. We fans of the #AugustineGospels get rather excited... but still over 1400 years old, & looking pretty good for their age?

  9. @DanS Sorry! I should have specified #StAugustineOfCanterbury, rather than #StAugustineOfHippo. We fans of the #AugustineGospels get rather excited... but still over 1400 years old, & looking pretty good for their age?

  10. @DanS Sorry! I should have specified #StAugustineOfCanterbury, rather than #StAugustineOfHippo. We fans of the #AugustineGospels get rather excited... but still over 1400 years old, & looking pretty good for their age?

  11. The 265 surviving folios of the #AugustineGospels include 2 pages with lively illustrations: #StLuke at the beginning of his #Gospel, & 12 scenes depicting the #PassionOfChrist.
    Higher-resolution images of the whole #manuscript may be seen at parker.stanford.edu/parker/cat

  12. An image which beautifully captures the extraordinary scene of the #AugustineGospels being carried across the #CosmatiPavement at #WestminsterAbbey as King & Queen look on...
    "the Gospel book given by Pope S Gregory the Great to S Augustine to bring to England on the mission in AD 597..."
    (M/T Luke Miller)...
    & in half a day Twitter reports 11 views. Let's see if more interest on the Fediverse?
    #6thCentury #medieval #manuscript #bookstodon #medievodons @bookstodon @medievodons @histodons

  13. An image which beautifully captures the extraordinary scene of the #AugustineGospels being carried across the #CosmatiPavement at #WestminsterAbbey as King & Queen look on...
    "the Gospel book given by Pope S Gregory the Great to S Augustine to bring to England on the mission in AD 597..."
    (M/T Luke Miller)...
    & in half a day Twitter reports 11 views. Let's see if more interest on the Fediverse?
    #6thCentury #medieval #manuscript #bookstodon #medievodons @bookstodon @medievodons @histodons

  14. An image which beautifully captures the extraordinary scene of the #AugustineGospels being carried across the #CosmatiPavement at #WestminsterAbbey as King & Queen look on...
    "the Gospel book given by Pope S Gregory the Great to S Augustine to bring to England on the mission in AD 597..."
    (M/T Luke Miller)...
    & in half a day Twitter reports 11 views. Let's see if more interest on the Fediverse?
    #6thCentury #medieval #manuscript #bookstodon #medievodons @bookstodon @medievodons @histodons

  15. An image which beautifully captures the extraordinary scene of the #AugustineGospels being carried across the #CosmatiPavement at #WestminsterAbbey as King & Queen look on...
    "the Gospel book given by Pope S Gregory the Great to S Augustine to bring to England on the mission in AD 597..."
    (M/T Luke Miller)...
    & in half a day Twitter reports 11 views. Let's see if more interest on the Fediverse?
    #6thCentury #medieval #manuscript #bookstodon #medievodons @bookstodon @medievodons @histodons

  16. An image which beautifully captures the extraordinary scene of the #AugustineGospels being carried across the #CosmatiPavement at #WestminsterAbbey as King & Queen look on...
    "the Gospel book given by Pope S Gregory the Great to S Augustine to bring to England on the mission in AD 597..."
    (M/T Luke Miller)...
    & in half a day Twitter reports 11 views. Let's see if more interest on the Fediverse?
    #6thCentury #medieval #manuscript #bookstodon #medievodons @bookstodon @medievodons @histodons