The manuscript from the 1st quarter of the 13th century contains
the Gospels of Matthew and Mark with interlinear and marginal
Gloss. It features a Parisian Romanesque binding by the so-called
‘Starry Griffin’ binder, and historiated initials by the
so-called ‘Almagest’ workshop, named after a copy of Ptolomy's
(b. c. 100, d. c. 170 ) Almagest : Paris, Bibliothèque nationale
de France, MS lat. 16200 (see De Hamel, Glossed Books (1984), pp.
77, 82). Contents:ff. 1r-96v: The Gospel of Matthew with Gloss;
preceded by a prologue. ff. 97r-152v: The Gospel of Mark with
Gloss; preceded by a prologue.[f. 153r and f. 153v are
blank].Decoration:4 medium initials in purple or animal initials in
gold frames, decorated with the symbols of St Matthew and St John;
and two winged animals at the beginning of prologues and Gospels:
f. 1r: Purple initial: A winged man, writing (Matthew). f. 2r:
Animal initial: A winged goat (?).f. 97r. Purple initial: A winged
wolf (?). f. 98r: Animal initial: An eagle (John)Small initials in
blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, or in red
with blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue
or red, some with pen-flourishing in one or both colours. Running
titles in alternating letters of red and blue. Decorated quire
signatures.
Place
Preferred form
Paris (France)
Original form
Paris, France
Other form
Paris
Paris (France)
France (Paris)
Paris ( ?) : cf. Hans-Collas ― Schandel, p. 326
Paris ( ?).
France, Paris (?)
Lieu de copie : Paris
France, Paris ( ?)
France (Paris ?)
France, Paris
France (Paris )
Paris (?)
France : Paris?
Chaillot
France (Paris).
Paris,
Paris ( ?)
Paris (?) (Hervieux éd. 1970, t. III, p. 176).
Paris (?) : le ms. a été vraisemblablement copié sur le ms. BnF, Latin 347 C exécuté à Paris
