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| Keywords: German - Decorated Text Page - Walters W7512V - Full Page.jpg The study of classical texts continued to influence the production of manuscripts during the reign of Charlemagne's heirs and successors In a mid-tenth-century gospel book probably produced at Corvey in Germany the beginning of the Gospel of Luke is laid out with large beautiful capitals modeled on the square capitals in Roman epigraphy The angular letters are a clear departure from the rounder capitals common during that period and are a conscious imitation of Roman grandeur As in Roman epigraphy the words on this page are written continuously without breaks or punctuation ca 950 975 Ottonian parchment with ink paint and gold cm 31 2 24 2 accession number W 751 2V 37309 Sir Thomas Phillips ms 14122 London ca 1855 date and mode of acquisition unknown Phillips Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown A Chester Beatty December 1920 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum October 1952 by purchase Museum purchase 1952 Transcription QVONIAM QVIDEM MVLTI CONATI SVNT ORDINARE NARRATIONEM QVAE IN NOBIS Translation Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us place of origin Corvey Germany Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W751 - Corvey Gospel fragment | ||||
