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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

701–800

The Eighth Century

1 work

c. 750; Roman material a century older

Latin

The Old Gelasian Sacramentary

Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae

Anonymous

A Roman mass book copied in Francia, probably at Chelles by nuns, and adapted for Gallican use on the way. It carries the scrutinies of Lent, the Holy Week rites, the Easter vigil with its blessing of the font, and prayers for the sick and the dying.

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