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(Grange aux Dîmes)

Otfried de Wissembourg

Otfrid von Weißenburg
c. 800 - after 870
monk at the abbey of Wissembourg and author of a gospel harmony in rhyming couplets now called the Evangelienbuch
(Wikipedia)

Rieger
1898

Description

Sandstone relief of a reading monk.

Inscription(s)

otfrid moine de wissembourg
auteur du "livre des evangiles" vers 870
—
mönch otfrid von weissenburg
verfasser der "christ" um 870

Sculptor

Rieger (no further information).

Sources & Information

Topic Topos, Bas-relief répresentant le moine Otfried.

Locatie (N 49°2'12" - E 7°56'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fral042; Photograph: 19 April 2012
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