In 849, the Frankish king Lothar commissioned a copy of the Gospels from the monks of St. Martin in Tours to commemorate reconciliation with his brother Charles.
Sources
- The French Collection (July 24, 1995) (loc.gov)
- https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/dfa9aa0b-40f7-4b88-91b2-fdd3ed79bfe9/10_36253_978-88-5518-623-0_03.pdf (library.oapen.org)
- https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2218949 (findit.library.yale.edu)
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