Manuscripts

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS nouv. acq. lat. 1587 Gospels of St Gatien

s. viii-ix
Breton manuscripts, Breton manuscripts

General

Identifiers

Location

France Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Shelfmark

1587

Title

Gospels of St Gatien

(Codex Gatianus)

Type

gospelbooks

Gospel book

Description

Combination of the Vetus Latina and Jerome's Vulgate texts, copied in Brittany (or perhaps Wales or Cornwall?) from an Irish exemplar.

Provenance and related aspects

Date

s. viii-ix

8th-9th centuries

Hands, scribes

Palaeographical information

Illumination

yes

Breton manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] Gallica: bibliothèque numérique, Online: Bibliothèque nationale de France, ...–present. URL: <https://gallica.bnf.fr>.

direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Alexander, Jonathan J. G., A survey of manuscripts illuminated in the British Isles, vol. 1: Insular manuscripts, 6th-9th century, London: Miller, 1978.

78–79

McGurk, Patrick, Latin gospel books from AD 400 to AD 800, Les Publications de Scriptorium, 5, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam: Érasme, Standaard Boekhandel, 1961.

[id. 63.]