Gospels of Saint-Médard de Soissons

The Gospels of Saint-Médard de Soissons (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat.

8850) is a 9th-century illuminated manuscript gospel book, and is a product of the Court or Ada School of the Carolingian Renaissance.

The codex was produced before 827 when it was given to the abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons by Louis the Pious and his wife, Judith.

It remained in Soissons, France until the time of the French Revolution.

The full page miniatures include a representation of the Fountain of Life based on the similar illumination in the Godescalc Evangelistary.

Portrait of John the Evangelist from Gospels of St. Medard de Soissons.