Cornwall Archaeological Society Lecture

Prof Michelle Brown: The Bodmin Gospels, Cornwall’s Earliest Book. This talk will consider the materiality of the Bodmin Gospels, a Breton Gospel book which served as the Book of the High Altar at St Petroc’s, Bodmin, from the 10th century and which contains manumissions containing early Cornish names. It will discuss its significance and its place in the history of Cornwall during the early Middle Ages.