List of illustrated evangelists

The list of Gospels contains illustrated Gospel manuscripts from the 6th to 16th centuries.

6th and 7th centuries

Illustration	designation	Time of origin	Place of origin	Remarks	signature
	Codex Argenteus	500/510	Northern Italy	in Gothic , text from the Wulfila translation	Uppsala, Carolina Rediviva
	Codex purpureus Rossanensis	Early 6th century	Syria	Greek	Rossano , Diocesan Museum
	Codex Sinopensis	Early 6th century	Constantinople	Greek	Paris , Bibliothèque nationale de France , Suppl.gr. 1286
	Augustine Gospels	6th century	Italy	Latin	Cambridge , Corpus Christi College, Lib MS 286
	Rabbula Gospels	586	Zagba, Syria	Greek	Florence , Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana , cod. Plut. I, 56
	Durham Gospels (A.II.10)	around 650	Northumbria ?		Durham Cathedral Library, Manuscript A.II.10.
	Book of Durrow	at 675	Durrow Monastery , Ireland, Lindisfarne , Northumbria or Iona, Scotland		Dublin , Trinity College Library, MS A. 4. 15. (57)
	Book of Mulling	second half of the 7th century		Pocket Gospel Book	Dublin , Trinity College Library, MS 60
	Durham Gospels (A.II.17)	Late 7th century	Rathmelsigi , Ireland or Lindisfarne		Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 17
	Echternach Gospels	around 690	Rathmelsigi or Lindisfarne		Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Lat. 9389
	Codex Eyckensis	7th / 8th century			Maaseik , Katharinenkirche

8th and 9th centuries

Illustration	designation	Time of origin	Place of origin	Remarks	signature
	Trier Gospels (Ms 16)	first half of the 8th century	probably Echternach Abbey , Luxembourg		Trier , Cathedral Library, Ms 61/134
	Book of Dimma	8th century	Roscrea Monastery		Dublin, Trinity College, MS.A.IV.23
	Codex of St. Gallen 51	8th century			St. Gallen , Abbey Library, Cod. 51
	Otho Corpus Gospels	8th century			London , British Library , Ms. Cotton Otho CV; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Ms. 197B
	Hereford Gospels	8th century	Wales or South West England		Hereford , Hereford Cathedral Library, Ms. PI 2
	Lindisfarne Gospels	715/21	Lindisfarne		London, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D. iv
	Lichfield Gospels	at 730	probably Wales		Lichfield, Cathedral Library
	Codex Aureus of Stockholm	Middle of the 8th century	School of Canterbury		Stockholm , Kungliga Biblioteket, MS.A.135
	London Gospels	End of the 8th century			London, British Library, Add. MS. 40618
	Barberini Gospels	late 8th century			Rome , Vaticana, Barberini Lat. 570
	Book of Kells	around 800	Iona Monastery		Dublin , Trinity College Library, Ms. 58 (AI6)
	Ada Gospels	around 790, second part at the beginning of the 9th century	Aachen , Ada Group (Court School of Charlemagne)		Trier , City Library , Cod. 22
	Gospels from Saint-Martin-des-Champs	around 790	Aachen, Ada Group (Court School of Charlemagne)		Paris , Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal , Ms. 599
	Gospels of Saint-Riquier	End of the 8th century	Aachen, Ada Group (Court School of Charlemagne)	Purple manuscript	Abbeville , Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 4
	Viennese coronation gospel book	shortly before 800	Aachen (?), Group of the Viennese coronation evangelist	on it the German kings swore the coronation oath, part of the imperial insignia, in silver and gold ink on purple-colored parchment	Vienna , Kunsthistorisches Museum , Treasury Inv. XIII 18th
	Livinus Gospels	around 800	Saint-Amand Abbey (?)		Gent , Sint-Baafskapittel, Ms. 13
	Essen Gospels	around 800	Northwest Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg or Northeast France	insular (Irish) influences	Essen , Cathedral Treasury, Hs. 1
	Codex Millenarius maior	around 800	Mondsee Monastery		Kremsmünster , Abbey Library, Cim. 3
	Hiltfred Gospels	801/825	France		Cologne , Archbishop's Diocesan and Cathedral Library , Cathedral Hs. 13
	Treasury Gospels	Early 9th century	Aachen (?), Group of the Viennese coronation evangelist		Aachen, Cathedral Treasury, Inv.-No. 4th
	Xanten Gospels	Early 9th century	Aachen (?), Group of the Viennese coronation evangelist		Brussels , Bibliothèque Royale , Ms. 18732
	Aachen Gospels	Early 9th century	Aachen (?), Group of the Viennese coronation evangelist		Brescia , Biblioteca Queriniana , Ms. E. II.9
	Book of Cerne	9th century		Gospels	Cambridge University Library, MS L1. 1. 10
	Lorsch Gospels	around 810	Aachen, Ada Group (Court School of Charlemagne)		Bucharest , National Library of Romania; Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana , Pal. lat. 50
	Harley Gospels	around 800	Aachen, Ada Group (Court School of Charlemagne)		London, British Library, Harley Ms. 2788
	Ebo Gospels	between 816 and 835	Reims		Épernay, Bibliothèque Municipale, Ms. 1
	Fleury Gospel Book	between 825 and 850	Fleury		Bern, Burgerbibliothek , Codex 348
	Gospels from Saint Médard in Soissons	before 827	Aachen, Ada Group (Court School of Charlemagne)		Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. lat. 8850
	Fulda Gospels	around 840	Fulda		Würzburg, University Library , Mp. Theol. fol. 66
	Lothar Gospels	between 849 and 851	Tours		Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. lat. 266
	Gospels from Kleve	before 852	Aachen, court school of Emperor Lothar	Client Emperor Lothar	Berlin, State Library , Ms. theol. Lat. folio 260
	Franz II Gospel Book	second half of the 9th century	Saint-Amand Abbey		Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. lat. 257
	Arras Gospels	second half of the 9th century	Saint-Amand Abbey		Arras , Bibliothèque Municipale
	Gumbertus Gospels	around 850/875	Northeast France	Goldsmith's work from the 12th century	Erlangen , University Library, Ms. 10 / 1-2
	Lindau Gospels	around 880/900	St. Gallen	Magnificent binding, goldsmith work	New York , Morgan Pierpont Library , Ms. M 1
	Prague Gospels	late 9th century	Saint-Vaast Abbey		Prague, Kapitulni Knihovna, Cim. 2
	Adishi Gospels	897	Schatberdi Monastery	oldest Georgian gospel book	Svaneti, Historical-Ethnographic Museum

10th and 11th centuries

Illustration	designation	Time of origin	Place of origin	Remarks	signature
	Book of Deer	10th century	probably Scotland	with texts in Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic from the 12th century	Cambridge University Library , MS. II.6.32
	Gero Codex	around 969	Reichenau painting school		Darmstadt, University and State Library , Hs. 1948
	Codex Wittekindeus	around 970/980	Fulda		Berlin, State Library , Ms. theol. lat. fol. 1
	Manchester Gospels	996-1002	Trier?		Manchester, John Rylands University Library , Cod. 98
	Strahov Gospels	around 960	Tours		Prague, Strahov Monastery , Ms. DF III 3
	Gospels of the Sainte Chapelle	around 980/983	Touronic school, Trier?		Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 8851
	Modena Gospels or Minuscule 585	late 10th century	Byzantine Empire ?	Byzantine text type	Modena , Biblioteca Estense, Ms. Gr. 1
	Etchmiadzin Gospels	989	Bgheno-Noravank Monastery , Armenia	The most important Armenian gospel book with an ivory book cover from the 6th century and miniatures from around 600	Yerevan , Matenadaran
	Codex Zographensis	Late 10th century or early 11th century	Zographou Monastery (year 1342: Ktitor Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria ), Autonomous Monastic Republic of the Holy Mountain	in old Bulgarian from the 10-11th centuries Century, three texts in Glagolitic script and one text in Cyrillic script	Saint Petersburg , Russian National Library
	Liuthar Gospels or Gospels of Otto III.	around 996	Reichenau	Client Kaiser Liuthar or Otto III.	Aachen, Cathedral Treasury , Inv.-No. 25th
	Gospels from Bamberg Cathedral	around 1000/1020	Reichenau		Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 4454
	Gospel Book of Otto III. (Munich) or Heinrich II.	before 1010	Reichenau	Client Emperor Otto III. or Heinrich II.	Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 4453
	Gospels in The Hague	before 1011	Mainz		The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek , Cod. 135 F 10
	Hillinus Codex	1010/1020	Reichenau School, perhaps Seeon Abbey	Client, Canon Hillinus of Cologne	Cologne, Diocesan and Cathedral Library , Codex 12
	Guntbald Gospel	1011	Hildesheim	Client Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim	Hildesheim, Cathedral Museum, Hs. 33
	Precious Bernward Gospels	around 1015 / around 1194	Hildesheim	Client Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim	Hildesheim, Cathedral Museum, Hs. 18
	Grimbald Gospels	early 11th century	Winchester School, England		London, British Library, Ms. 34890
	Egerton Gospels or Minuscule 700	11th century	Constantinople ?	in Greek	London, British Library, Egerton Ms 2610
	Martvili Gospels	11th century	Martvili Monastery	in Georgian	Tbilisi, Georgian National Manuscript Center , S-391
	Hitda Gospels	around 1020	Cologne		Darmstadt, Hessian University and State Library, Hs 1640
	Gundold Gospels	around 1026/1050	Cologne	Client Gundold	Stuttgart, Württemberg State Library , Cod. Bibl. 4 ° 2
	Hidda Codex	at 1030/1040	Cologne painting school		Düsseldorf-Gerresheim , parish of St. Margareta
	Codex aureus Epternacensis	around 1030-1050	Echternach		Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hs. 156 142
	Richeza Gospels	around 1040	probably Maasland	Client probably Queen Richeza of Poland	Darmstadt, University and State Library, Ms. 544
	Speyer Gospels	around 1043-1046	Echternach	Client Heinrich III. for the Speyer Cathedral	Madrid, Escorial , Cod. Vitr. 17th
	Theophanu Gospels	between 1039 and 1059	maybe food	Donated by Abbess Theophanu for the Essen Monastery	Essen, Cathedral Treasury, Hs. 3
	Codex Caesareus Upsaliensis	1050-1056	Echternach	Client Emperor Heinrich III.	Uppsala, Carolina Rediviva , Cod. C 93
	Mughni Gospels	shortly after 1050	northwestern Armenia	in Armenian language	Yerevan, Matenadaran, MS 3677
	Ostromir Gospels	1056/57	Novgorod or surroundings	in Church Slavonic , the oldest East Slavic parchment manuscript	St. Petersburg, Russian National Library
	Suanhild Gospels	1058/1085	maybe food?	Donated by Abbess Suanhild for the Essen Monastery	Manchester, John Rylands Library , Ms. Latina 110

12th to 16th centuries

Illustration	designation	Time of origin	Place of origin	Remarks	signature
	Galician Gospel Book	1144	Principality of Galicia	in Church Slavonic	Moscow, State Historical Museum
	Henry the Lion Gospel Book	around 1170/80	Helmarshausen Monastery	Client Duke Heinrich the Lion	Wolfenbüttel , Herzog August Library , Cod. Guelf. 105 Noviss. fol .; Munich, Bavarian State Library , Clm. 30055
	Miroslav Gospels	around 1186	probably Kotor, Serbia	in Church Slavonic	Belgrade, Serbian National Library
	Gelati Gospels	12th Century		Georgian	Tbilisi , Georgian National Manuscript Center , MS Q 908
	Wani Gospels	around 1190/1210	Constantinople, Romana Monastery (Georgian)	Client Queen Tamar	Tbilisi, Georgian National Manuscript Center, MS A 1335
	Gospels of Vardsia	12th or 13th century		in Georgian, probably belonged to Queen Tamar	Tbilisi, Georgian National Manuscript Center, Q-899
	Gospels of Skevra or Lviv Gospels	1198/99	Skevra Monastery, Armenia	Armenian	Warsaw , Biblioteka Narodowa
	Goslar Gospels	around 1240	Goslar or the surrounding area?		Goslar , City Archives, B 4387
	Codex Aureus of Mainz	around 1250		precious equipment	Aschaffenburg , court library
	Constantinople Gospels	second half of the 13th century	Constantinople	in Greek and Latin, during the Latin rule in Constantinople	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Gr. 54
	Gospels by Mtisch	13./14. century	near Minsk ?, Grand Duchy of Lithuania	in Church Slavonic	Vilnius, Academy of Sciences
	Tetra Gospel Book of Tsar Ivan Alexander	1355/56	Court school of Tarnowo, Bulgaria	in Church Slavonic (Central Bulgarian) language , commissioned by Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria	London, British Library, MS 39627
	Chitrowo Gospels	late 14th century	near Moscow?	in Church Slavonic, with a miniature from the school of Andrei Rublev	Moscow, Russian State Library
	Radoslav Gospels	1429	Serbia	in Church Slavonic	St. Petersburg, Russian National Library
	Sharashova's Gospels	15./16. century	near Minsk ?, Grand Duchy of Lithuania	in Church Slavonic	Minsk, Art Museum
	Peressopnytsia Gospels	1556-1561	Peressopnytsya Monastery, Ukraine	one of the earliest Ruthenian manuscripts, the oath of office of the presidents of Ukraine, is taken on this gospel book	Kiev , National Library

See also : Gospels of Mokwi  and Gospels of Voroneț

See also

• Major works of Carolingian book illumination
• Major works of Ottonian book illumination
• Major works of island illumination
• List of uncial manuscripts of the New Testament
• List of lowercase New Testament manuscripts