Gospels, Capitulare evangeliorum — 10th century, first half; French, Brittany
MS. Laud Lat. 26
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Description
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Title
Gospels, Capitulare evangeliorum — 10th century, first half; French, Brittany
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 26
Date
10th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 2 + 100 + 1 + iv fol.
Decoration
Good Canon Tables.
Good miniatures.
Good initials. Related in style and iconography to the Breton Gospels, Alençon, Bib. Mun. MS. 84 and Rome, Vatican, MS. San Pietro D. 154 (Pächt and Alexander i. 428, pl. XXXV)
Full-page pictures of the crucifixion (fol. 9v) and the evangelists (fols. 10v, 37v, 54v, 82v); a full-page initial (fol. 11) and smaller ones (fols. 38, 82v, 55).
Provenance
Joseph [Pächt and Alexander read 'John'] Maynard, Exeter College Oxford
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Title
Gospels followed (fol. 97) by Capitulare evangeliorum
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 26
Summary
The calendar is for the use of the city of Rome: 'executed somewhere in the zone of N. France': on ff. 92v, 93v are '12th cent. liturgical directions'.
[A Comes. No Benedict. On June 14 Felicula (found in S. German copies of the Comes). On ff. 11, 38, 55, 82v remarkable initials, some with a Breton look--and note the red-and-black Z on f. 52v. The pictures are in red and yellow, very rude. The 12th cent. directions are for a religious house with a prelatus and refectory. Frere 230. E. W. B. N.]
Date
10th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
103 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2232 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Gospels followed (fol. 97) by Capitulare evangeliorum
