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The Admont Bible, Salzburg, 12th century

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien. Cod. ser. nov. 2701

Joshua is appointed by Moses Taking of Jericho f. 84r

An Angel speaks to Gideon / Gideon tests the Lord Defeat of the Midianites f. 94v

Boaz is kind to Ruth Ruth gleans in Boaz's field f. 105v

Battle of Mount Gilboa King Saul falls on his sword f. 124r

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Source: Admonti Biblia - képtár, National Széchényi Library
Some of the other folios of this bible are at the École Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. PC 22788-2
Reference: The Admont Bible, National Széchényi Library

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Referenced on p.313, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, Western Europe and the Crusader States by David Nicolle

835 Gebhard Bible, Hungary or Germany, mid-12th century (Church of St Petrus, Csatar; after Gerevich)
A - Israelites; B-D - Philistines; E - King Saul; F-H - Israelites. The Gebhard Bible seems to reflect a small degree of Byzantine influence. This is most apparent in the archaized armour of some Philistines (C and D), which seems to include splinted upper-arm defences. These might be dismissed as fanciful were they not to appear again in a later and generally more reliable Hungarian manuscript (fig.888 [Hungarian National Chronicle, c.1360 (National Széchényi Library, Ms. Clmae 404, Budapest Hungary)]). The Gebhard Bible otherwise shows standard European equipment of conical helmets with nasals (B, F and G), long-sleeved hauberk (A, B, E, G and H), kite-shaped shields with or without large decorative bosses (B, D, E and H), straight, barely tapering swords with straight quillons (C, D, G and H), and a couched lance with a gonfanon (A). The only slightly unusual features are a number of helmets, both conical and round, which appear to be of two-piece construction joined along a comb with broad rim band (A, D and H). Such helmets are, of course, also known elsewhere in 12th century Western Europe.

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p.347, You Shall Surely Not Die, The Concepts of Sin and Death as Expressed in ... Volume 2 By Jill Bradley
3.4 The Admont Bible, Vienna, Österreichische nationalbibliothek, Ms. Ser. n 2701

This manuscript is one of the giant bibles, and is sometimes known as the Gebhardsbibel. It is dated about 1140 and comes from a Salzburg scriptorium;¹²⁰ whether it was originally made for a Salzburg house is unknown. Marginal additions in the form of hymns suggest that it was intended for a Cistercian foundation and that of Heiligenkreuzen has been suggested.¹²¹ In the late twelfth or early thirteenth century it was at the monastery of St. Peter in Csatár, Hungary.¹²² Despite the name, Gerhard's Bible, it is impossible that it was donated to Admont by its founder, Gebhard, the politician involved in the investiture contest. Gebhard died about half a century before the making of the Bible. Cahn is of the opinion that the Bible donated by Gebhard to Admont was an Italian giant Bible, whose format may have influenced the two early giant bibles from Salzburg, The Admont Bible and the slightly earlier Michaelbeuern, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Perg. 1.

    ¹²⁰ Andreas Fingernagel, Die illuminierten latereinischen Handschriften süd-, west- und nordeu-ropäischer provenienz der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz; 4.-12. Jahrhundert; Teil 1. Text. Mit Nachträgen zu Bd. 1 (Wiesbaden, 1999).
    ¹²¹ Andreas Fingernagel, "The Admont Giant Bible," in In the Beginning was the Word. The power and glory of illuminated bibles, ed. A. Fingernagel and C. Gastgeber (Cologne, 2003).
    ¹²² Cahn, Die Bibel in der Romanik, p. 258.