The #ParkerLibrary has a new page on the #AugustineGospels, to celebrate entry into the #UNESCO UK #MemoryOfTheWorld Register. This extraordinary illustrated manuscript was owned by #StAugustine, sent to him by #PopeGregoryTheGreat to help in his mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons of England to Christianity.
https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/unesco-enters-6th-century-augustine-gospels-into-the-2022-uk-memory-of-the-world-register-copy-2/index.html
The whole book may be viewed online at https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/mk707wk3350

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UNESCO enters sixth-century Parker Library's Augustine Gospels into the 2022 UK Memory of the World Register

"This book is a key formative moment in British history."

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