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Celtic Illuminated Manuscripts:

  • Book of Kells
  • Book of Armagh
  • Book of Cerne
  • Book of Deer
  • Book of Dimma
  • Book of Durrow
  • Book of Mulling
  • Cathach of St. Columba
  • Durham Gospels
  • Hereford Gospels
  • Lichfield Gospels
  • Lindisfarne Gospels
  • Romanesque / Protogothic manuscripts:

  • Martyrdoms of St. Peter & Paul (MS 28)
  • Passionale (MS Harley 624)
  • Anastaius Bibliothecarius, Chronographia tripertita (MS Burney 284)

    Library or archive where the manuscript kept
    London, British Library
    Catalogue Number (Shelfmark)
    MS Burney 284
    Language
    Latin
    Script
    Beneventan minuscule
    Century
    XI
    Origin
    Italy
    Official Foliation
    147
    Dimensions
    330 x 240

    The manuscript created last quarter of the 11th century or 1st quarter of the 12th century in South Italy (probably in Campania) and contains the text titles as "Chronographia tripertita" (with preface) by Anastasius Bibliothecarius.

    Decoration: 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v, 142v). Small plain red initials.

     

    Anastaius Bibliothecarius, Chronographia tripertita (MS Burney 284) Illustrations

    Illustration 1
    Anastaius Bibliothecarius, Chronographia tripertita (MS Burney 284) - Zoomorphic initial letter P with three quadrupedsPage (Folio): 7v

    Zoomorphic initial letter P with three quadrupeds

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