This manuscript is part of the 'Irish-Northumbrian' group,
according to Marsden, 'The Gospels of St Augustine' (1999), p. 290
and n. 25. It was probably copied by an Insular scribe, according
to Glunz, History of the Vulgate in England (1933), no. 31.
Contents:ff. 1r-2v: Epistle of St Jerome to Damasus. ff. 2v-7r:
Prologus Quattuor Evangeliorum . The Prologue of St Jerome's
commentary on St Matthew, followed by the Eusebian Canon tables
(ff. 3v-7r). ff. 7v-44v: The Gospel of St Matthew preceded by the
preface (f. 7v).ff. 44v-53v: The Gospel of St Mark, preceded by the
preface (ff. 44v-45r), imperfect.ff. 54r-77r: The Gospel of St
Luke, imperfect at the beginning.ff. 77v-101v: The Gospel of St
John, preceded by the preface (ff. 77v-78r).ff. 102r-v: Extracts
from the Gospel of St John.Decoration:Two full-page miniatures of
Evangelist portraits of St Mark and St John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon
tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff.
3v-7r). Four very large decorated or zoomorphic initials in brown,
orange, yellow, and sometimes blue, at the beginning of the text,
and of Sts Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1r, 8r, 46r, 79r). Four
smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one
with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of prefaces (ff. 1r, 2v,
44v, 77v). Highlighing of letters in orange and/or brown or yellow.
