Irina Manea (@shieldofskuld): "A thousand years ago, the monks at the Benedictine abbey in Trier copied the text of the Gospels in gold ink on a parchment dyed with purple pigment. Photo: The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.23"

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A thousand years ago, the monks at the Benedictine abbey in Trier copied the text of the Gospels in gold ink on a parchment dyed with purple pigment.

Photo: The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.23

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