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Evangelia quattuor [Evangiles dits de Metz] (1v-177r). — Capitulare evangeliorum (177v-190v).
Evangelia quattuor [Evangiles dits de Metz] (1v-177r). — Capitulare evangeliorum (177v-190v).
Source: gallica.bnf.fr

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 9390

The manuscript is tenth century, but the binding is later. The sculpted ivory plaque is older than the metal fittings, and they could be as late as 16th century.

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