MIrA 205: Durham, Cathedral Library, A.II.10 (ff 2–5, 338, 339), etc.

Stable URL: http://mira.ie/205
Or* Origin: Insular (Ireland?)
S Script: Irish

Identifiers

UNIT 1

CountryUK
LocationDurham, Cathedral Library
ShelfmarkA.II.10 (ff 2–5, 338, 339)
MIrA number205.1

UNIT 2

CountryUK
LocationDurham, Cathedral Library
ShelfmarkC.III.13 (ff 192–195)
MIrA number205.2

UNIT 3

CountryUK
LocationDurham, Cathedral Library
ShelfmarkC.III.20
MIrA number205.3

Description

ScriptInsular majuscule
ContentsGospels (Mt 14–18, 22–25, 27–28; Mc 1–6, 8–14)

History

DatingVII med (640–660)
OriginNorthumbria?

Resources

Catalogue entries/identifiers

Notes

Lowe: 'Written presumably in Northumbria, by a scribe trained in the pure Irish tradition.'

References

  • Alexander, J.J.G., Insular manuscripts, 6th to the 9th century (London, 1978).
  • Lowe, E. A., Codices Latini Antiquiores, 12 vols (Oxford, 1934–1971), digitised and updated by Mark Stansbury, Earlier Latin Manuscripts.

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