Contents:ff. 1r-3r: The Epistle of St Jerome to Damasus, with an
added late 13th-century heading 'Incipit prefatio Iheronimi
presbiteri', this same hand repeats the rubrics in margins. ff.
3r-5v: Prologus Quattuor Evangeliorum. Prologue of St Jerome's
commentary on St Matthew. ff. 5v-58v: The Gospel of St Matthew,
preceded by the preface (ff. 5v-6r).ff. 59r-92v: The Gospel of St
Mark, preceded by the preface (ff. 59r-v).ff. 93r-150r: The Gospel
of St Luke, preceded by the preface (ff. 93r-94r). A slightly later
hand transcribed the red rubric of the beginning of the Gospel
between the lines.ff. 150r-192v: The Gospel of St John, preceded by
the preface (ff. 150r-151r).Decoration:Four large inhabited
initials in colours at the beginning of each Gospel: 'L'(iber) with
a dragon swallowing a man for St Matthew (f. 7r), 'I'(nitium) with
a nimbed Evangelist holding a scroll at the beginning of St Mark
(f. 60r), 'Q'(uoniam) with a nude man for St Luke (f. 94r), 'I'(n)
with interlace patterns and a dragon for St John (f. 151v).
Initials in red, highlighted with yellow and/or green (ff. 1r,
5v-6r, 7r, 58v-60r, 93r, 94r, 150r-151v). Small red initials with
penwork decoration. Red highlights marking Easter passage in St
Mark (f. 85v). Headings and old foliation throughout. Added pen
drawings of the Lamb of God with a chalice, flanked by St John the
Baptist, an angel and an eagle with scrolls, and a standing man
with book and knife (f. 194r).
