London, British Library Royal 1 D. ix Deluxe Illuminated Gospel Book

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282. London, British Library Royal 1 D. ix

Deluxe Illuminated Gospel Book

[Ker 247, Gneuss 447]

HISTORY: Written in the early 11c (before 1018), perhaps at Peterborough, by "Scribe B," who also wrote Rouen, Bibliotheque Municipale, Y. 6 [445] ("Missal of Robert of Jumieges") (Heslop 1990: 154-55); certainly at Christ Church, Canterbury by 1018. Latin text is of the "late A-S type" (Glunz 1930: 169). Two OE documents associated with King Cnut (ff. 43v, 44v), one of them confirming the privileges of Christ Church. Owned by Lord Lumley (f. 6r).