Second Bible of Charles the Bald

The Second Bible of Charles the Bald is a 9th-century illuminated manuscript made in St. Amand's Abbey.

[1] The manuscript is decorated with 74 large, painted initials with the incipits of the various chapters written in golden uncials or capitals.

At the top of the pages, the chapter titles are shown in red.

The beginning of the Bible is decorated with full-page initials resembling the incipit of the Book of Genesis.

It is the full text of both the New and Old Testament, with a small dedication poem from Hucbald at the beginning about Charles the Bald.