# Gospels of Saint-Médard de Soissons [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 0801-0850 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. lat. 8850\), 362 x 267 mm ## Commentary Gospels of Saint-Médard de Soissons around 810 Manuscript \(Ms. lat. 8850\), 362 x 267 mm Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris The Gospels of Saint-Médard was gifted by Emperor Louis I the Pious, son of Charlemagne \(reigned 813-840\) and his queen Judith to the church of Saint-Médard in Soissons in 827. The manuscript with 239 folios, especially rich in its decorations, was originally in the possession of Charlemagne. It contains the four gospels in Latin, 6 full-page miniatures and 12 canon tables. The picture shows folio 81v with the image of St Mark. ## Related artworks - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Ada Gospels]() - [Allegory of the Sacraments]() - [Antoninus Florentinus: Chronicon]() - [Aratea]() - [Astronomical-computist collection]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()