[[Image:Meister der Neuen Hofschule Karls des Großen 003.jpg|thumb|[[Evangelist portrait|Portrait]] of [[John the Evangelist]] from Gospels of St. Medard de Soissons.]] The '''Gospels of Saint-Médard de Soissons''' (Paris, [[Bibliothèque Nationale]], MS lat. 8850) is a 9th-century [[illuminated manuscript]] [[gospel book]], and is a product of the Court or [[Ada School]] of the [[Carolingian Renaissance]].
The [[codex]] was produced before 827 when it was given to the [[abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons]] by [[Louis the Pious]] and his wife, [[Judith, daughter of Welf|Judith]]. It remained in [[Soissons]], France until the time of the [[French Revolution]]. The book contains the [[Vulgate]] text of the four [[gospels]], [[Eusebius of Caesarea|Eusebian]] [[canon tables]], and other prefatory texts. The 239 surviving folios measure 362 by 267 millimeters. The twelve pages of the canon tables are decorated, in addition there are six full page miniatures and four decorative pages. The full page miniatures include a representation of the [[Fountain of Life]] based on the similar illumination in the [[Godescalc Evangelistary]].
==References== {{commonscat|Gospels of Saint Médard of Soissons}} *{{cite book|last1=Walther|first1=Ingo F.|first2=Norbert|last2=Wolf|title=Codices Illustres: The world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, 400 to 1600|location=Köln|publisher= TASCHEN|year=2018|isbn=978-3-8365-7261-3}} *[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8452550p/f12.item Entry on Gallica database]
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