London. British Library, Egerton MS 3775

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Egerton MS 3775
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Language
  • Latin
  • Hebrew
Title
  • St Augustine, De Consensu Evangelistarum
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  • This 12th-century manuscript contains De Consensu Evangelistarum (The Harmony of the Gospels) by St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). The manuscript was most likely produced at the Benedictine abbey of Westminster, but was certainly owned by the Abbey in the 13th century. It is one of five manuscripts still bearing the Abbey’s press-mark. Contents: ff. 2r-126v: St Augustine of Hippo, De Consensu Evangelistarum , Books I-IV. On the inside covers is the offset of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c .1400. [ff. 1r, 1v, 9* recto, 9* verso, 127r and 127v are blank].Decoration:Large initials in red, green, yellow, brown, or blue, some with simple pen-work decoration; a few with the decoration in another colour or with three colours (ff. 36v, 119r); a few with pen-work decoration inside the letters, in brown (ff. 95v, 96r) or red (f. 101v) ink. Small initials in red or brown. Numerals in red. Rubrics in red. Quire signatures in brown ink.
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  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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