# Second Bible of Charles the Bald [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, French]() - Date: 0851-0900 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. lat. 2\) ## Commentary Second Bible of Charles the Bald 871-77 Manuscript \(Ms. lat. 2\) Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris The magnificent illuminated manuscript is generally considered to be the major work of the 'classic' group of the late Carolingian codices classified as Franco-Saxon, or Franco-Insular. It is known under the name of Second Bible of Charles the Bald. The codex is beautifully decorated, although it contains no human figures. The figure shows page 410 of the manuscript. The Carolingian scribes added highly individual decorations to their classical alphabet. ## Related artworks - [A History of Western Saints]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Aristotle: De Interpretazione]() - [Aristotle: Works]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Belleville Breviary]() - [Bible Historiale]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()