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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)
  • Lives of Saints (MS Egerton 2656)

    Library or archive where the manuscript kept
    London, British Library
    Catalogue Number (Shelfmark)
    MS Egerton 2656
    Language
    Latin
    Script
    Protogothic
    Century
    XII
    Origin
    France or Spain
    Official Foliation
    196
    Dimensions
    275 x 179

    The manuscript created last quarter of the 12th century in South France or possible in Spain. Contains:
    - 10 large initials in colours, and usually green or red washes, in rectangular frames, at the beginning of some prologues and saints's lives (ff. 1, 2v, 47v, 48v, 88, 89, 119, 139v, 140v, 156v). Large initials in colours with penwork decoration, usually with a yellow wash.
    - Initials in red or brown, some with simple penwork decoration.
    Highlighting of letters and words in yellow. Text in red or green. Line-fillers in red.

     

    Lives of Saints (MS Egerton 2656) Illustrations

    Illustration 1
    Lives of Saints (MS Egerton 2656) - Decorated initial letter PPage (Folio): 119

    Decorated initial letter P

    Vector Clipart

    Illustration 2
    Lives of Saints (MS Egerton 2656) - Decorated initial letter IPage (Folio): 140v

    Decorated initial letter I

    Vector Clipart

     

     
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