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This manuscript was commissioned by Emperor Lothar (reigned 840-855), son of Louis the Pious, as a present for the monastery of St. Martin in Tours. It contains 221 folios with the four gospels, illustrated with 6 miniatures. In the renowned introductory miniature on folio 1v Lothar is shown in antique costume.
The codex, produced in the time if Vivian, abbot from 844-851, marks the high point of book illumination in Tours. The miniatures may have originated from a master who also contributed to the Vivian Bible.
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