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)
| Collected Manuscripts MS Sloane 1044Library or archive where the manuscript kept London, British LibraryCatalogue Number (Shelfmark) MS Sloane 1044Language Latin, EnglishScript miscellaneous (Caroline & Insular minuscule, Protogothic, Gothic) | Century VIII-XVIOrigin miscellaneous (England, France, Germany, etc)Official Foliation 640Dimensions miscellaneous formats |
This book includes 123 manuscripts written in 8-16 centuries in Muniscule, Protogothic and Gothic scripts. Bible, Gospels, historical texts, medical texts, etc.
ff. 76-77v: fragments from the end of Joshua and the beginning of Judges; and the end of Judges to the beginning of Ruth. Manuscript created in England in 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; script Protogothic; dimensions in 525 x 380 (390 x 245) mm in two columns.
Decoration: 2 large historiated initials in black ink (ff. 76v, 77v). Large letters and initials in red, blue, yellow or green. Another smaller fragment of this manuscript is Sloane 1086, f. 100 (Deut. 34:1-5 and part of Jerome's prologue to Joshua). Collected Manuscripts MS Sloane 1044 IllustrationsIllustration 1  | Page (Folio): 76v Historiated initial letter P with Christ in a roundel blessing soldiers, a devil entwined in the letter form, and animal head terminals | Vector Clipart |
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