The Codex Millenarius is an ancient book, containing all four
Gospels
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...
in
Latin. Believed to have been written around 800 at
Mondsee Abbey, it is housed in the great library of
Kremsmünster Abbey in
Austria, which contains other items of paramount religious and cultural value, such as the
Tassilo Chalice.
The decoration of the book from the Carolingian period consists of eight frames with the representation of the four evangelists and their symbols, making the sacred text a unique work of art.
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Kremsmünster Abbey
Gospel Books
Austrian books
9th-century Latin books
Carolingian illuminated manuscripts
9th-century illuminated manuscripts