Manuscripts

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

  • Latin
  • s. viii-ix
  • Breton manuscripts, Breton manuscripts
  • parchment

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

Identifiers
Location
Collection: Fonds des nouvelles acquisitions latines
Shelfmark
nouv. acq. lat. 1587
Title
Gospels of St Gatien
(Codex Gatianus)
Type
gospelbooks
Gospel book
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Latin
Date
s. viii-ix
8th-9th centuries.
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
Material
parchment
Palaeographical information
Illumination
yes

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>.

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.]
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2011, last updated: December 2022