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2 unusual facts about Schuttern Abbey


Schuttern Abbey

In 817 a Gospel Book (the Schuttern Gospels, now in the British Museum in London), commissioned by the then Abbot Bertrich and written by the deacon Luithar witnesses among other works to the existence of a writing school of high quality in the abbey.

Schuttern Gospels

The Schuttern Gospels (British Library, Add. MS 47673) is an early 9th century illuminated Gospel Book that was produced at Schuttern Abbey in Baden.



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