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as the point of origin and dated it between 772 and 795 CE. The philologist
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Bajuwaren - von Severin bis Tassilo 488 - 788; Katalog zur gemeinsamen Landesausstellung des Freistaates Bayern und des Landes Salzburg, Rosenheim/Bayern, Mattsee/Salzburg, 19. Mai bis 6. November 1988
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After power struggles and the loss of their
Lombardian allies the Agilolfings were finally removed from power in 788 by Charlemagne and the Bavarian duchy was integrated into the
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In the year 1721, the psalter is proven to have been in Lyon, as part of the collection of president
Bouhier, along with
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in gold and silver and more than 2000 smaller initials in the colours yellow, red and green. This generously illuminated
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saw its last period of relative independence from
Frankish rule and held close political and cultural ties to the
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bought the book and during the turmoils of the French
Revolution it finally came into the university library of
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in today's France. In the 9th century the book was already in
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