London. British Library, Harley MS 46

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
Shelfmark
  • British Library, Harley MS 46
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Glossed Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
Description
  • ff. 1r-v: Capitula referring to quires and folios of the manuscript. ff. 3r-4r: Preface on the Gospels, excerpted from Genesis, beginning: ‘Fecit deus duo magna luminaria’ff. 4r-6v: Glossed prologue to the Gospel of St Matthew, beginning: ‘Mattheus ex iudea sicut in ordine’; gloss on the prologue (f. 4v): 'Nomen libri evangelium grece'. ff. 7r-94r: Glossed Gospel of St Matthew, beginning: 'Liber generacionis Ihesu Christi filii David'; beginning of the gloss: 'Planior esset sensus'. f. 95r-v: Glossed prologue to the Gospel of St Mark, beginning: 'Marcus evangelista dei'; beginning of the gloss: 'Quatuor sunt qualitates'. ff. 96r-152r: Glossed Gospel of St Mark, beginning: 'Initium evangelii Ihesu Christi filii Dei'; beginning of the gloss: 'Nota quod hoc testimonium'. Decoration:Five large initials in gold and sometimes silver with penwork decoration in red, blue, and green, some with acanthus leaves or zoomorphic features at the beginning of prologues and books (ff. 3r, 4r, 7r, 95r, 96r). Large initials in blue or red with red and blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Paragraph signs in red or blue, one with an animal head (f. 44r). Quire signatures of Roman numerals. Paraphs in brown. Chain mark (f. 152).
Place
  • Preferred form
    • England (United Kingdom)
    Original form
    • England
    Other form
    • Angleterre
    • Angleterre (?)
    • Angleterre.
    • Angleterre ?
    • Anglaterra
    • Inglaterra
    • Engeland
    • Angleterre (Salisbury ?)
    • Anglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • Inglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • England (Salisbury?)
    • [Oxford?]
    • [England]
    • England, Norwich?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's Abbey?
    • England, Cornwall?
    • England, St. Albans?
    • England, North?
    • England, York?
    • England, Witham?
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • England, Reading or Leominster
    • England, Cirencester?
    • England, Sherborne?
    • England, Worcester?
    • England, Bury St. Edmunds?
    • England, Tewkesbury?
    • England, East Anglia?
    • England, Peterborough?
    • England, Mercia?
    • England, Canterbury, Christ Church?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's?
    • England, Winchester?
    • England, Oxford?
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • England and Netherlands
    • England, Canterbury?
    • England, West Midlands?
    • England, London?
    • England, Crowland?
    • England, Wessex?
    • England, Reading?
    • England, Northeast?
    • England, Southeast?
    • England, Ely?
    • England, Winchester or Hereford?
    • England, Salisbury?
    • England, Oxford or Salisbury
    • German (but made in England)
    • England, South East (?)
    • England. Peterborough (?) or Lincoln (?)
    • Hereford?, England
    • England, Durham ?
    • England, Durham?
    • England, probably Durham
    • England, Oxford (?)
    • England, possibly Oxford
    • England (?Oxford)
    • England, Durham (?)
    • England, London/Westminster
    • Unknown, possibly London and Cambridge
    • Royal Chancery, London; Cambridge
    • Engeland (?)
    • England (II)
    • I. England
    • [Engeland]
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