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The First Bible of Charles the Bald (BNF Lat. 1), also known as the Vivian Bible, is a Carolingian-era Bible commissioned by Count Vivian of Tours in 845, the lay abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours, and presented to Charles the Bald in 846 on a visit to the church, as shown in the presentation miniature at the end of the book. It is 495 mm by 345 ...
The Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura is a 9th-century illuminated Bible. Of all surviving Carolingian Bibles, it is the most thoroughly illuminated. The manuscript was produced at Rheims under the patronage of Charles the Bald , and it was presented to Pope John VIII at the coronation of Charles as emperor on Christmas night, 25 December 875.
The First Bible of Charles the Bald, also known as the Vivian Bible, is a Carolingian-era Bible commissioned by Count Vivian of Tours in 845, the lay abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours, and presented to Charles the Bald in 846 on a visit to the church, as shown in the presentation miniature at the end of the book.
Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).
248 The Second Bible of Charles the Bald was made there is strengthened. The expression of gratitude to Charles the Bald makes all the more sense because the King had favored that Abbey in many ways. The Bible thus would have been made after Carloman's downfall and pardon, but before the death of Charles the Bald, between 871 and 877 (Boutemy).
The Poetry and Paintings of the First Bible of Charles the Bald is to pay tribute to one of this book's many strengths. The book is, in fact, a revisiting of the important ninth-century manuscript also known as the Vivian Bible (BnF, lat. 1) by two schol ars, Paul E. Dutton and Herbert L. Kessler, who have published on the First Bible
Bible's date is more controversial. The identification of Charles the Bald as the subject of the ruler portrait gives a firm terminus ante quem of 877, the year of Charles's death. Furthermore, it is likely the Bible was made before the end of 875, since Charles is called rex in two poems in the manuscript.
