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Landeve'nnec Gospels; Harkness Gospels

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Title
Landeve'nnec Gospels; Harkness Gospels
Additional title: Landevennec Gospels
Additional title: Harkness Gospels
Additional title: Bible, New Testament, Gospels
Additional title: Beatissimo Papae Damaso Hieronymus Bible
Additional title: Gospels
Additional title: Bibles. N.T. Gospels
Names
Harkness, Edward Stephen, 1874-1940 (Former owner)
Collection

Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

Landeve'nnec Gospels; Harkness Gospels

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 865 - 899 (Approximate)
Place: Britanny, France
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2557
Shelf locator: MA 115
Topics
France -- Ninth century
Landévennec (France)
Genres
Religious books
Manuscripts
Bibles
Notes
Ownership: Written at Lande'vennec in Brittany. In the SW of England by s. X#^med#; suggested (erroneously ?) in Italy; Marquess of Blandford sale (1819) to Booth; Sir Thomas Phillipps; sold privately to the Rosenbach Co. Presented by Edward S. Harkness, 1928.
Content: Number of Scribes: 1? or 3 very similar (according to E. K. Rand, quoted by Morey, p 645
Date: Dated to the third third of the ninth century in H. Gneuss, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (Tempe AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2001) p. 133, n. 866.5.
Bibliography: De Ricci, 1333. M. Huglo, "Les Evangiles de Lande\'vennec," Lande\'vennec et le monachisme breton dans le haut moyen a^ge(1986) 245-52. In same, J-L Deuffic, 289-321. C. R. Morey, "The Landeve\'nnec Gospels," Bull. NYPL33 (1929) 643-53.
Citation/reference: Jonathan J. G. Alexander, James H. Marrow and Lucy Freeman Sandler, The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the New York Public Library(London / Turnhout: The New York Public Library / Harvey Miller Publishers, 2005) n. 6.
Content: Digital Scriptorium Acknowledgments: We thank Prof. Jonathan J. G. Alexander for his extensive work towards the present description of this manuscript
Date: Assigned Date: s. IX/X
Date: Dated by scribe: No
Content: Document: No
Date: Dated to the third third of the ninth century in H. Gneuss, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts(Tempe AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2001) p. 133, n. 866.5.
Language: Notes: Latin
Content: Incipit: Novum opus me facere cogis
Content: Explicit: Cum audisset iohannes in vinculis opera christi. Usque qui preparabit viam tuam ante te.
Content: Notes: With Jerome's letters, prologues; on ff. 144-151v, the list of gospel readings from Christmas through the second week before Christmas. In the sanctorale: the feasts of the founder of Lande'vennec, St. Winwaloe (3 March, 28 April, 13 May).
Numbering: This manuscript is paginated at the beginning; it is foliated in the lower verso, and in the upper recto from f. 19 on. Folio numbers are supplied here.
Physical Description
Extent: Ff. 1-152v ; 278 x 206 mm (full volume)
Extent: Ff. 1-151v (part 1, text 1)
Other Decoration: 1-line and larger red initials throughout, red and blue daubs as place markers. Large decorative initials at opening of each gospel. Tables ff. 7-12v, with decorative arches.
26-35 long lines (29 most common), ruled in drypoint. Prickings and quire signatures visible.
Parchment
Not bound; previous purple velvet binding removed in 1962.
Caroline minuscule; rustic capitals; uncials
Music: Breton neumatic notation, f. 48r-v
Figurative Decoration: f. 13: 4 Evangelist symbols, with Christ; f. 51v Mark's symbol; f. 75v Luke's symbol; f. 115v John's symbol.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
Latin
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12455533
MSS Unit ID: 2557
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW89-A695
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 115
Photo Order: 64435
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4c9aa5f0-f589-013a-4185-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1874: Creator Born
  • 1940: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 8650: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Landeve'nnec Gospels; Harkness Gospels" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 865 - 899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/69965700-1cda-013b-d3ee-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Landeve'nnec Gospels; Harkness Gospels" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/69965700-1cda-013b-d3ee-0242ac110002

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (865 - 899). Landeve'nnec Gospels; Harkness Gospels Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/69965700-1cda-013b-d3ee-0242ac110002

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