Saint Petersburg Bede

Lat. Q.v.I.18 National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Alternative Titles:

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Alternative Titles: Leningrad Bede
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 162 folios / 27.0 × 15.0 cm
Origin: Wearmouth, Jarrow or York (United Kingdom)
Date: 735–750
Epochs: Early Middle Ages
Style: Insular
Genre: Other Genres
Language: Latin
English
Script: Insular Minuscule Roman Capitalis
Illustrations: Numerous ornamental initials, including the oldest surviving historiated initial in Western art
Content: Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) and Caedmon's Hymn
Previous Owners: Christophe de Harlay
Achille de Harlay
Peter Dubrowsky

1 available facsimile edition(s) of „Saint Petersburg Bede“

The Leningrad Bede

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1 volume: This facsimile is not complete.

Commentary: 1 volume by Olof S. Arngart
Language: English
More Information: Monochrome reproduction of the entire original document (scope, format). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding. Facsimile and commentary are housed in separate parts of the same volume.

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