Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Prologus Quattuor Evangeliorum ex Commentario
Hieronymi in Mattheum (Prologue to the Four Gospels from St
Jerome's commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew), beginning:
'Plures fuisse qui evangelia scripserunt'. ff. 4r-6v: St Jerome,
Epistula ad Damasum Papam (St Jerome's epistle to Pope Damasus I),
beginning: 'Beatissimo papae Damaso Hieronimus. Novum opus facere
me cogis' ff. 6v-7r: Pseudo-St Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum Papam
(Pseudo-St Jerome's epistle to Pope Damasus I), beginning:
'Sciendum nequis ignarum'. ff. 7v-8v: Eusebius, Epistula ad
Carpianum (Eusebius's epistle to Carpian), beginning: Eusebius
Carpiano fratri in domino salutem'. ff. 9r-12v: Eusebian Canon
Tables. ff. 13r-17r: Prefatio Evangelii Secundum Mattheum (Preface
to the Gospel of St Matthew) (ff. 13r-v), followed by capitula (ff.
14r-17r). ff. 18r-74v: Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Mattheum (The
Gospel of St Matthew), including lections in the margins. ff.
75r-78r: Prefatio Evangelii Secundum Marcum (Preface to the Gospel
of St Mark) (ff. 75r-76r), followed by capitula (ff. 76r-78r). ff.
78v-112r: Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Marcum (The Gospel of St
Mark), including lections in the margins. ff. 113r-119v: Prefatio
Evangelii Secundum Lucam (Preface to the Gospel of St Luke) (ff.
113r-114r), followed by capitula (ff. 114v-119v). ff. 120r-182r:
Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Lucam (The Gospel of St Luke),
including lections in the margins. ff. 183r-185r: Prefatio
Evangelii Secundum Iohannem (Preface to the Gospel of St John) (ff.
183r-v), followed by capitula (ff. 184r-185r). ff. 186r-226r:
Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Iohannem (The Gospel of St John),
including lections in the margins. ff. 227r-241r: Capitulare
Evangeliorum (Capitulary of the Gospels), a series of readings
arranged according to the liturgical year. Decoration:Decorated
canon tables in colours and gold, each with two birds of the same
species, including cockerels and peacocks, perched on foliage on
either side of the arches (ff. 9r-12v). Large initials in gold with
a red outline (ff. 1r, 4r, 6v, 7v, 13r, 18v, 75r, 78v, 113r, 120v,
183r, 186r). Rubrics in gold capitals, some with foliate decoration
in red or blue, some with gold (ff. 13r, 76r, 78r, 113r, 184r).
Small initials and numbers in gold. Small initials in red. Text
entirely in gold or red.
