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The Sélestat Lectionary is a

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dating to around 700. It contains part of the texts from a

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and is the oldest manuscript in

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in France. It is held in the

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. Written in

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, it contains 59 texts for

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, of which 45 are drawn from the Old Testament books of

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and

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and 19 from the

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. It concludes with an apocryphal chronicle of

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.Catalogue entry
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s and occasionally an ornamented title.

Bibliography

* Munier, Charles : « Le lectionnaire de Sélestat ». in : ''Annuaire 1993 des amis de la bibliothèque humaniste de Sélestat'', p. 7- 22. * Adam, Paul : « Catalogue sommaire des Manuscrits de la bibliothèque humaniste de Sélestat ». in : ''L'Humanisme à Sélestat'', Sélestat : Alsatia, 978 chapter IV, p. 100. * Lowe, E. A. : ''

Codices Latini Antiquiores ''Codices Latini Antiquiores'' ("The More Ancient Latin language, Latin Manuscripts"), generally abbreviated ''CLA'', is a catalogue of all surviving manuscripts in Latin (whether codex, codices or scrolls) written before the 9th century. The comp ...

'', Oxford : Clarendon press, 1953, n° 829. * Förster, Max : « Das älteste mittellateinische Gesprächsbüchlein ». in : ''Sonderabdruck aus "Romanische Forschungen"'' Bd. XXVII., p. 342 - 348. * Morin, G. : « Un Lectionnaire mérovingien avec fragments du texte occidental des actes ». in : ''Revue bénédictine'', XXVe année, n°2, 1908 * Munier, Charles : « La chronique pseudo-hiéronymienne de Sélestat ». in : ''Revue bénédictine'', t. 104, n° 2, 1994, p. 106 - 122.

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Reproduction of the manuscript
{{DEFAULTSORT:Selestat Lectionary 8th-century illuminated manuscripts