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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)
  • Glossed Gospel of Mark (MS Lansdowne 382)

    Library or archive where the manuscript kept
    London, British Library
    Catalogue Number (Shelfmark)
    MS Lansdowne 382
    Language
    Latin
    Script
    Protogothic
    Century
    XII
    Origin
    England
    Official Foliation
    100
    Dimensions
    215 x 145

    Manuscript written 2nd half of the 12th century in England.

    Decoration: 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and foliate decoration at the beginning of the prologue to Mark (f. 3). Small initials in blue or red, a few with simple decoration in the other colour. Higlighting of letters in red. Paraphs and initials in brown, a few with simple foliate decoration (e.g. ff. 81v, 96v).

     

    Glossed Gospel of Mark (MS Lansdowne 382) Illustrations

    Illustration 1
    Glossed Gospel of Mark (MS Lansdowne 382) - Illuminated initial letter I with roundels representing the four evangelist symbols (the eagle, the winged man, the winged bull, and the winged lion), with the the Lamb of God in the centrePage (Folio): 6

    Illuminated initial letter I with roundels representing the four evangelist symbols (the eagle, the winged man, the winged bull, and the winged lion), with the the Lamb of God in the centre

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