Contents:ff. 4r-11v: The Eusebian Canon tables.ff. 12r-66r: The
Gospel of St Matthew, preceded by a preface (ff. 12r-13r). ff.
66r-99r: The Gospel of St Mark, preceded by a preface (ff. 66r-67r)
and capitula (ff. 67r-68r). ff. 99v-159v: The Gospel of St Luke,
preceded by capitula (ff. 99v-104v), a preface ( (ff. 104v-105v),
and a table of Hebrew names with their interpretation 'Item incipit
interpretatio nominum de Luca' (ff. 106r-v). ff. 159v-192v: The
Gospel of St John, preceded by capitula (ff. 159v-161r), and a
preface (ff. 161r-v), imperfect.ff. 193r-194r: The Epistle of St
Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420) to Damasus. ff. 194r-196r: Prologus
quattuor Evangeliorum (Prologue to the Four Gospels), St Jerome's
prologue to his commentary on St Matthew. ff. 196r-196v: The
Epistle of Eusebius (b. c. 260, d. 339) to Carpianus, imperfect
because of the loss of a leaf.f. 197r: Prologue to the Gospel of St
Matthew, imperfect. ff. 197r-199v: Capitula of the Gospel of St
Matthew. Decoration:Canon tables decorated with coloured interlaced
geometric and foliate patterns (ff. 4r-11v). Five large initials in
colours decorated with interlaced foliate and zoomorphic patterns,
with display script (ff. 13r, 68v, 107r, 162r). Four smaller
initials with similar patterns and display script (ff. 66r, 67r,
193v, 194r), and some small initials in colours in the text. First
letters of verses highlighted in red, yellow, or green. Decorated
quire signatures in the form of Roman numerals, I-IX (ff. 19v-98v)
and letters. The numbering of chapters and verses are written in
margins throughout according to the Eusebian Canons.Drawings of a
head of an eagle and of an inclined human head on f. 3v visible in
video spectral comparator, 10th century (see Keynes, 'King
Athelstan's Books' (1985), pp. 167-69).Drawing of the Virgin and
Child, 16th century (f. 199v).Unusual punctuation in the form of
two dots and a comma, also found in London, British Library,
Additional 9381 from Bodmin, Cornwall.
Place
Preferred form
France, Western
Original form
Western France
Other form
Ouest de la France
France (Ouest) (?)
France (Ouest ?)
France (Ouest?)
France (Ouest)
France (Bretagne ?)
França (Bretanya?)
Frankreich (Bretagne?)
France (Brittany?)
Francia (Bretaña)
Frankrijk (Bretagne?)
France (ouest : Bretagne ?)
Western France (Brittany?)
França (oest: Bretanya?)
Francia (oeste: Bretaña?)
Frankrijk (westen) (Bretagne?)
Westfrankreich: Bretagne?
Bretagne
Bretanya
Bretaña
Brittany
Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
