Gospels of Matthew and Mark
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Description
- Title
- Gospels of Matthew and Mark
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1050]
- Publication Place
- Germany (Freising?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of 1) Gospel of Matthew, preceded by Prologue to Gospels from Jerome; letter of Jerome to Damasus; spurious addition to letter attributed to Jerome; Prologue to Matthew. 2) Gospel of Mark, preceded by Prologue. Final leaf missing; the conclusion of Mark is added on a piece of parchment (Germany, ca. 1150) stitched in between ff. 110 and 112 (formerly glued to f. 112).
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Written in German minuscule by a single scribe.
At the beginning of each Gospel, full-page initials, f. 9r (Matthew) and f. 71r (Mark) incorporating symbols of the Evangelists; f. 9r with gold foliate scrolls with silver tendrils, one with a pink dragon-head terminal, against blue, light green and orange; f. 71r gold and silver, with spiraling foliage in shaded blue, orange and green, supported by a pink and gold dragon; both followed by display capitals in alternate lines of gold and silver, shaded in blue. Large initials in gold and silver as above, 2-line, f. 1r, and 6- or 5-line, ff. 3r, 5r, 5v, and 68v, for prefaces, epistles and prologues. 3-line initials, as above, for chapter divisions. 1-line initials throughout, inner margin, orange, filled with gold and/or silver. Rubrics in orange. Some oxidization of silver.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Red velvet case. - Provenance
- Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1969 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 110 + i + i : 185 x 120 (121 x 62) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 402
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
- Subject (Topic)
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Versions
Vulgate
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Bible. Latin > Versions > Vulgate
Bible. N.T. Mark
Bible. N.T. Matthew
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Gospels of Matthew and Mark. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9731645
- Object ID (OID)
- 10269778
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