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Readings from the Bible form an essential part of a Christian service. They were always used in medieval services, but it was often more convenient for the priest to have these readings in a Lectionary or within the Missal or Breviary than to try to find the appropriate passage in a complete Bible. Latin Bible manuscripts began to return into fashion in the late fourteenth century. The page here from an Austrian example (folio 426r) shows the opening of St Luke's Gospel, preceded by two prologues.
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