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The Ebbo Gospels (Épernay, Bibliothèque Municipale, Ms. 1) is an early Carolingian illuminated Gospel book. It was made at the Benedictine Abbaye Saint-Pierre d’Hautvillers by Ebbo, the archbishop of Reims.[1] The Gospels contains the four gospels by Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint John, and Saint Matthew, along with their illustrations containing symbolism and iconography. The evangelists illustrations reflect an expressive art style called Emotionalism, produced in the Rheims school. The Ebbo Gospels has a stylistic relationship with the Utrecht Psalter and the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram. [2] In comparison to the Utrecht Psalter and the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, the Ebbo Gospels demonstrates very energetic lines and dimension, in contrast to the Classical Roman art style of the past.[3]