First Bible of Charles the Bald

1), also known as the Vivian Bible, is a Carolingian-era Bible commissioned by Count Vivian of Tours in 845, the lay abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours, and presented to Charles the Bald in 846 on a visit to the church, as shown in the presentation miniature at the end of the book.

The psalms frontispiece is said to have connections with the prophet Audradas because of the writing above David's head.

David appears naked with just a bit of drapery covering his upper half.

[4] The presentation miniature is an illumination of Charles the Bald receiving the Vivian Bible when he was just 22 years old.

The men to Charles' left and right are not described in the text of the bible, but it is thought that they might be palace officials.

It was originally thought the man with his back turned to the viewer was Vivian, but this is the Pater (the father).