Cultural Interplay in the Eighth Century: The Trier Gospels and the Making of a Scriptorium at Echternach

Contents: Evidence for a scriptorium at Echternach in the eighth century Text Construction of the codex Script Decorated initials Canon tables Incipit page with archangels Portraits of the evangelists Four-symbols page Tetramorph Conclusions Appendix A. Summary description and reconstruction Appendix B. Variant readings in the Gospel text Appendix C. Tabulation of manuscripts and significant readings collected from appendix B Appendix D. Format of the Gospel text