# Latin Bible

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MINIATURIST, Austrian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-austrian-rf5ec82f4cc38b1>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. Rawl. G.161\)

## Commentary

Readings from the Bible form an essential part of a Christian service. They were always used in medieval services, but it was often more convenient for the priest to have these readings in a Lectionary or within the Missal or Breviary than to try to find the appropriate passage in a complete Bible. Latin Bible manuscripts began to return into fashion in the late fourteenth century. The page here from an Austrian example \(folio 426r\) shows the opening of St Luke&#39;s Gospel, preceded by two prologues.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)