The Word Made Flesh, Beginning of the Gospel of Saint John (End of 10th century) — From the Great Latin Gospels, Public Library, Boulogne

Featured on PDR in the collection John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts (1868)

John Obadiah Westwood (1805–1893) was a bona fide polymath. An archaeologist, entomologist, editor, artist, and art historian, he was a regular contributor to the Gardner’s Chronicle, a founder of the Entomological Society of London, and the author of books about everything from sessile-eyed crustaceans to the early sculptured stones of Wales.

The Word Made Flesh, Beginning of the Gospel of Saint John (End of 10th century)

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1868

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Fac-similes of the Miniatures & Ornaments of Anglo-saxon & Irish Manuscripts


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