Anglo-Saxon gospel-books,c. 900–1066

Abstract

In c.900-1066 Anglo-Saxon gospel-books are easily the most numerous of all surviving Latin biblical codices. This chapter considers their contents, their makeup and layout, their decoration and illustrations before examining where, when and why they were made. Two of the three plainer books are written in English Square Minuscule, an inheritance from the Insular past. In the Judith Monte Cassino Gospels the symbol was placed in the tympanum of the archon the facing initial page. The transmission of the Word of God is visually represented in these evangelist picture pages. In the York Gospels the hand of God replaces symbols, and is in direct contact with the evangelists. Grimbald has a capitulary different from that found in many other books, and it is similar to Arenberg's, another probable Canterbury book. Eadwig Basan also contributed to the York Gospels, whose evangelist portraits share features with those in Grimbald and Arenberg.

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