The Bible of Souvigny was written at the end of the 12th century in France. There is a facsimile of the Bible of Souvigny in the city of the same name in Auvergne. It is filled with manuscript illuminations and was produced at the Cluny Abbey . It is a chief of work of art from the French Middle Ages and is preserved at the bibliothèque des Moulins. The Bible of Souvigny was saved from confiscation during the French Revolution.
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External links
edit- (in French) la Bible de Souvigny
- (in French) Petite histoire et numérisation
- (in French) Illuminations of the Bible of Souvigny (art of the Cluny Abbey):
- (in French) Abraham
- Scenes of the Creation (Création du monde)