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Harley Golden Gospels

Carolingian illuminated Gospel Book of about 800–825 from the Ada group, British Library
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Summary

Harley Golden Gospels is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #59 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Owned by: Jean-Jacques Charron[3]
  • Collection: Harley Manuscripts[4]
  • Inventory number: Harley MS 2788[5]
  • Location: British Library[6]
  • Writing system: uncial script[7], Carolingian minuscule[8]
  • Commons category: Harley Golden Gospels (early 9th C) - BL Harley MS 2788[9]
  • Inception: 900[10]
  • Work available at URL: https://bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_2788[11]
  • Height: 365 millimetre[12]
  • Width: 250 millimetre[13]

Why It Matters

Harley Golden Gospels is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+365'}
    Owned by → Jean-Jacques Charron
    Collection → Harley Manuscripts
    Instance of → illuminated manuscript
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uk, it, ru, da, ro, en */ Add the labels uk:Каролінзьке мистецтво and it:Miniatura carolingia use, a Russian one translating them with ru:Каролингские иллюмин"
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