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This celebrated art repatriation case centered upon a number of medieval objects belonging to the Lutheran Church of St. Servatius in Quedlinburg, Germany, about 100 miles southwest of Berlin. The objects included the Samuhel Gospel, a ninth-century illuminated Latin manuscript with a jewel-encrusted cover; the Evangelistar, a printed manuscript with jeweled cover dating to 1513; five crystal reliquary flasks with gilded and jeweled mounts; a small silver reliquary box; a carved ivory comb; and a reliquary casket decorated with jewels, gilt copper repousse plaques, and carved ivory inlays that belonged to Henry I, the first Saxon king who unified the...

14 March 2022Monday of the 2nd week of Lent The Church and Monastery of St Matilda at Quedlinburg, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingDaniel 9:4-10 ©Yours is the integrity, Lord; ours the shameO Lord, God great and to be feared, you keep the covenant and have kindness for those who love you and keep your commandments: we have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly, we have betrayed your commandments and your ordinances and turned away from them. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes,...

. .. . PAINTED BIBLESROUND-UP!!! . .In episode #61 we viewed the 1,200-year-old world-famous Book of Kells, and then in #62 we saw the even older Landisfarne Gospels. Today we wrap up our little illuminations interlude with a look at a hodgepodge of images showing a variety of decorated Bibles from all over. We’ll identify those we can, but we can enjoy the anonymous examples, too. Just out of curiosity: if your personal Bible were large and beautifully, lavishly decorated with impossibly intricate designs, would you read it: ….* with more FREQUENCY? ……* with more INTEREST? ……..* with more ENERGY?...