Accession number
MS M.777
Object title
Mostyn Gospels (MS M.777).
Created
England, perhaps Gloucester, ca. 1130.
Binding
White vellum over boards; with brown silk ties.
Credit line
Purchased on the Lewis Cass Ledyard Fund, 1932.
Description
76 leaves (1 column, 37 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 264 x 172 mm
Provenance
Owned by Stephen Batman, ca. 1570 (inscriptions on fol. 2v, 24v, 58v); Sir Thomas Mostyn (d. 1758, armorial bookplate dated 1744 with number 42); his sale (London, Sotheby's, July 13, 1920, lot 40, £2,500) to Quaritch; A. Chester Beatty (his W ms. 19 [alternatively W ms. 16; 57; 122]); his sale (London, Sotheby's, June 7, 1932, lot 4, £1,500) to Quaritch for the Pierpont Morgan Library through the Lewis Cass Ledyard Fund.
Notes
Ms. Gospel book; written and illuminated in England, perhaps in Gloucester, ca. 1130.
Formerly Canterbury (?). Note that "although the decorated initials are similar to those in early 12th century Canterbury manuscripts, they are insufficiently close to warrant any firm localization." -Cf. English Romanesque Art
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures (Evangelist portraits).
The Evangelist portraits are said to be painted on separate pieces of vellum and pasted on--Cf. Kauffmann.
Formerly Canterbury (?). Note that "although the decorated initials are similar to those in early 12th century Canterbury manuscripts, they are insufficiently close to warrant any firm localization." -Cf. English Romanesque Art
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures (Evangelist portraits).
The Evangelist portraits are said to be painted on separate pieces of vellum and pasted on--Cf. Kauffmann.
Contents
fol. 4r: Gospel of Matthew, Prologue -- fols. 4v-23r: Gospel of Matthew -- fol. 25r: Gospel of Mark, Prologue -- fols. 25v-36v: Gospel of Mark -- fol. 36v: Gospel of Luke, Prologue -- fols. 38r-57v: Gospel of Luke -- fol. 59r: Gospel of John, Prologue -- fols. 59v-76r: Gospel of John.
Script
minuscule
Language
Latin
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