Codex Amiatinus

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Codex Amiatinus is an early 8th-century complete Latin Bible manuscript, renowned as the oldest surviving Vulgate Bible and a masterpiece of Insular monastic scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Insular manuscript
Latin Bible
Vulgate Bible
biblical manuscript
illuminated manuscript
approximateDate c. 700–716
artStyle classical-influenced Insular style
associatedPerson Bede NERFINISHED
Ceolfrith NERFINISHED
associatedWith Benedictine monasticism
Insular art NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Ceolfrith NERFINISHED
contains New Testament NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
Prologues of Jerome NERFINISHED
prefatory material and canon tables
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Northumbria NERFINISHED
culture Insular
currentLocation Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana NERFINISHED
dateOfCreation early 8th century
genre biblical text
religious text
hasPart Apocalypse (Book of Revelation) NERFINISHED
Gospels NERFINISHED
Pauline epistles NERFINISHED
full text of the Psalms
influenced later Vulgate textual tradition
isVersionOf Latin Vulgate Bible NERFINISHED
Vulgate NERFINISHED
language Latin
locatedIn Florence
locatedInCountry Italy
material vellum
notableFor being the oldest surviving complete Latin Vulgate Bible
completeness of the biblical text
high quality Insular monastic scholarship
large format and fine script
originatesFrom Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey NERFINISHED
Northumbria NERFINISHED
pages over 1000 folios
productionMethod handwritten
regionOfSignificance Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
religiousDenomination Latin Church NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
script uncial script
shelfmark Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Amiatino 1 NERFINISHED
usedAs critical witness for the Vulgate text
weight approximately 34 kilograms
writingMedium ink on parchment

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Kingdom of Northumbria notableWork Codex Amiatinus
Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey produced Codex Amiatinus