Accession number
MS M.319
Object title
Gospels (MS M.319).
Created
France, possibly Marchiennes, second half of 10th cent.
Binding
17th-century red morocco over wooden boards; spine decorated with French pointillé tooling; previously with a late 10th-century English Christ in Majesty ivory plaque set on front cover; it was removed Nov. 13, 1973 and mounted separately as Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.319a.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1905.
Description
163 leaves (1 column, 24 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 321 x 232 mm
Provenance
An 18th-century Italian library (paper shelfmark plate C.VI.4.9 pasted on lower spine of binding, same plate as in Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.312, M.313, and M.320); Prince Massimo of Rome; Principe di Baucina at Palermo; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Brauer, Paris, June 30, 1905; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. gospel book; written and illuminated in northern France, possibly Marchiennes, second half of the 10th century.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, 1 incipit page, 5 unfinished canon tables.
M.319 is unfinished. The five canon tables (on fols. 5r, 5v, 6r, 6v, and 7r) have not been completed.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, 1 incipit page, 5 unfinished canon tables.
M.319 is unfinished. The five canon tables (on fols. 5r, 5v, 6r, 6v, and 7r) have not been completed.
Contents
fols. 1r-1v: Jerome, Letter to Pope Damascus (Preface to Gospels I, Novum opus) -- fols. 2r-2v: Jerome, Preface to Gospels II (Plures fuisse) -- fols. 3r-3v: Eusebius, Letter to Carpianus -- fols. 5r-7v: Canon tables -- fol. 10v: Portrait of Evangelist Matthew -- fols. 11r-49r: Gospel of Matthew -- fols. 49v-50v: Prologue and Table of Contents for Gospel of Mark -- fol. 51v: Portrait of Evangelist Mark -- fols. 52v-76v: Gospel of Mark -- fols. 77r-79r: Introduction and Table of Contents for Gospel of Luke -- fol. 79v: Portrait of Evangelist Luke -- fols. 80v-121r: Gospel of Luke -- fols. 121v-123r: Prologue and Table of Contents for Gospel of John -- fol. 123v: Portrait of Evangelist John -- fols. 124v-155r: Gospel of John -- fols. 155r-162r: Capitulary of lections for the year.
Script
Carolingian minuscule
Language
Latin
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