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3.10: Lindau Gospels Cover

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    Dr. Nancy Ross and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of a jeweled upper cover of the Lindau Gospels.

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    Jeweled upper cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 880, Court School of Charles the Bald, 350 × 275 mm, (Morgan Library and Museum, New York). The cover may have been made in the Royal Abbey of St. Denis.

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    • Lindau Gospels cover. Authored by: Dr. Nancy Ross and Dr. Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/latin-western-europe/carolingian1/v/lindau-gospels-cover. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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