Book of Cerne
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The Book of Cerne is an early ninth-century Insular or Anglo-Saxon Latin personal prayer book with Old English components. It belongs to a group of four such early prayer books, the others being the R
Book of Cerne, f. 12v: Gospel of St Mark miniature, showing the winged Lion of St Mark
Stockholm Codex Aureus
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The Stockholm Codex Aureus is a Gospel book written in the mid-eighth century in Southumbria, probably in Canterbury, whose decoration combines Insular and Italian elements. Southumbria produced a num
Book of Cerne
…Group, which is composed of several other well-known examples, such as the Vespasian Psalter (London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian A.i.), the Codex Aureus (Stockholm, Royal Library, MS A.135), the Barberini Gospels (Rome, Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS lat.570), and the Royal Bible (London…
Folios 9 verso with portrait of Matthew, and folio 11 recto with decorated text of the Gospel of Matthew starting at Matthew 1:18 (fuller images: left and right.
Evangelist portrait of Saint John
First page