Durham Gospels (A.II.17)

Crucifixion Cbristi

The Durham Gospel Book is an illuminated manuscript from the 7th century from Ireland or England . It is now in the library of Durham Cathedral (call number A.II.17), a sheet in Magdalene College, Cambridge . 111 leaves of the manuscript have survived, with a depiction of the crucifixion of Christ and a decorated initial at the beginning of the Gospel of John .

The manuscript originated in the late 7th century in Rathmelsigi Monastery in Ireland or in Lindisfarne Monastery in England with Irish influences. The Echternach Gospels were also written by the same scribe . She was in Lindisfarne by the 10th century at the latest.

literature

George Henderson: From Durrow to Kells. The Insular Gospel-books, 650-800. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1987, ISBN 0-500-23474-4 .
Rupert Bruce-Mitford: The Durham-Echternach Calligrapher. In: Gerald Bonner, David Rollason, Clare Stancliffe (eds.): St.Cuthbert, his Cult and his Community to AD 1200. Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1989, ISBN 0-85115-510-3 , pp. 175-188.

Remarks

↑ so Dáibhí Ó Cróinín: Rath Melsigi, Willibrord, and the earliest Echternach manuscripts. In: Peritia. Vol. 3, 1984, pp. 17-49, doi : 10.1484 / J.Peri.3.55 , and William O'Sullivan: The Lindisfarne Scriptorium. For and Against. In: Peritia. Vol. 8, 1994, pp. 80-94, doi : 10.1484 / J.Peri.3.205 .

[1] so Dáibhí Ó Cróinín: Rath Melsigi, Willibrord, and the earliest Echternach manuscripts. In: Peritia. Vol. 3, 1984, pp. 17-49, doi : 10.1484 / J.Peri.3.55 , and William O'Sullivan: The Lindisfarne Scriptorium. For and Against. In: Peritia. Vol. 8, 1994, pp. 80-94, doi : 10.1484 / J.Peri.3.205 .