Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark (part of the 'The Otho-Corpus Gospels') (imperfect)
Description
This codex contains part of an Insular Gospel-book which was badly
damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Contents:ff.
1r–64v: The Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark (imperfect). The
Gospels of St Luke and St John are contained in Cambridge, Corpus
Christi College MS 197B and possibly Royal MS 7 C XII, ff. 2–3.
The canon tables now in Royal MS 7 C XII may have come from the
same original manuscript, judging by their size (Budny, 'Biblia'
(1999), p. 278 n. 39). Together, these are known as the
'Otho-Corpus Gospels' or the 'Cambridge London Gospels'. It is
unknown when these parts were separated. A fascimile of some
passages which was made before the fire is Stowe MS 1061, f. 36..
Decoration: Red text in a black frame (f. 22r). Decorative capitals
on a background of red dots with yellow decorations (ff. 22v, 25v).
Red text (f. 25v). Miniature of a lion in red (f. 27r). Initial
with interlace and spiral decoration in red and yellow, with yellow
capitals (f. 28r). Numerals in red. Yellow fill highlighting
letters throughout. Red dots highlighting letters and words
throughout.
