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Golden codices

In describing Codex Gigas, the website of the National Library of Sweden refers to another impressive and important Latin codex in the Stockholm collection known as the Codex Aureus (Golden Codex) (SKB catalogue no. A 135), which contains the Four Gospels.
Codex Gigas is well known for preserving Old Latin versions of Acts and Revelation, whereas [...]

Codex Gigas

The National Library of Sweden has a remarkable online resource for study of Codex Gigas – a full set of digitised images together with extensive description and bibliography.
In the bibliography, links are included for some items accessible online. These include a standard description of the codex by B. Dudík, OSB, in his Forschungen in Schweden [...]

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