The lion symbol of St. Mark from the Echternach Gospels. "Saint Mark" redirects here For other uses see Saint Mark (disambiguation.

The Echternach Gospels (also known as the Willibrord Gospels) is an 8th-century insular Gospel Book from the library of the monastery of Echternach. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Insular script was a medieval script system used in Ireland and Britain (Latin insula, "island" The Gospel Book, or Book of the Gospels ( Greek:, Evangélion) is a Codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels Echternach (Iechternach is a commune with city status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern It is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris (MS Lat. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city 9389). They were written by the same scribe that wrote the Durham Gospels. The Durham Gospels is a late 7th century insular Gospel Book, now kept in the Durham Cathedral Library (MS A

References

• De Hamel, Christopher. A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. Boston: David R. Godine, 1986.

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