Contents:ff. 1r-8v: The Eusebian Canon tables. ff. 9r-11r:
Hieronymus, Epistula ad Damasum Papam (Epistle to Pope Damasus),
beginning: 'Incipit Epistula Beati Iheronimi ad Damasum papam.
Beatissimo pape Damaso Hieronimus novuum opus me facere cogis'. ff.
11r-13r: Hieronymus, Prologus Quattuor Evangeliorum ex Commentario
Hieronymi in Mattheum (Prologue on the Four Gospels from St
Jerome's commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew), beginning:
'Incipit prologus. Plures fuisse qui evangelia scripserunt'. ff.
13r-15r: Prologus et Capitula Evangelii Secundum Sanctum Mattheum (
The Gospel of St Matthew), preceded by a prologue (ff. 13r-v) and
capitula (ff. 13v-15r), beginning of the prologue: 'Item prologus
eiusdem. Matheus ex Iudaea sicut in ordine primus ponitur ita
evangelium in iudea primus scripsit'. ff. 18v-66v: Evangelium
Secundum Sanctum Mattheum (The Gospel of St Matthew), including
lections, the opening words are written in the frontispiece (f.
18v): 'Liber generationis Ihesu Christi David', beginning (f. 19r):
'Abraham genuit Isaac'. ff. 66v-68v: Prologus et Capitula Evangelii
Secundum Sanctum Marcum ( The Gospel of St Mark), preceded by a
prologue (ff. 66v-67v) and capitula (ff. 67v-68v), beginning of the
prologue: 'Evangelista Dei electus et Petri in baptismate filius'.
ff. 70r-103v: Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Marcum (The Gospel of St
Mark), including lections, beginning: 'Ecce mitto angelum meum ante
faciem tuam qui preparabit viam tuam'. ff. 100v-103r: Prologus et
Capitula Evangelii Secundum Sanctum Lucam ( The Gospel of St Luke),
preceded by a prologue (ff. 100v-101r) and capitula (ff.
101v-103r), beginning of the prologue: 'Incipit argumentum secundum
Lucam. Lucas Syrus Anthiocensis arte medicus discipulus
apostolorum.' ff. 103v-155r: Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Lucam (The
Gospel of St Luke), including lections, beginning: 'Quoniam quidem
multi conati sunt'. ff. 155r-156r: Prologus et Capitula Evangelii
Secundum Sanctum Iohannem ( The Gospel of St John), preceded by a
prologue (ff. 155r-v) and capitula (ff. 155v-156r), beginning of
the prologue: 'Hic est Iohannes evangelista'. ff. 157r-194v:
Evangelium Secundum Sanctum Iohannem (The Gospel of St John),
including lections, beginning: 'Et Deus erat verbum'.
Decoration:Framed Evangelist portraits (ff. 18r, 69r, 103r, 156v)
and full incipit pages with angels, zoomorphic and interlace
decoration at the beginning of each Gospel, some in colours on blue
grounds (ff. 17r-18v, 103r-v), others unfinished ink drawings (ff.
69r-v, 156v). Canon tables of architectural columns surmounted by
Christ and angels, with human figures or zoomorphic decoration in
brown ink, some partially coloured in green. Large initials with
foliate decoration and birds, animals, and animal heads in blue,
green, and red at the beginning of prologues (ff. 9r, 13v, 66v,
100v ), one an unfinished ink drawing (f. 155v). Large initials in
red, with green penwork decoration, or in green with red penwork
decoration. Initials in brown with interlace and zoomorphic
decoration (ff. 155r-v). Small initials in green or red. Rubrics in
green and red. Highlighting of initials in yellow. The style of the
decoration resembles paintings at the churches in Clayton and
Coombes in Sussex according to Dodwell, 'Une manuscrit emluminé de
Jumièges' (1955), pp. 737-41.
