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Detailed record for Stowe 3
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ff. 2-224v |
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| Title |
The Four Gospels, preceded by a prologue and Jerome's letter, with table of chapters and argumenta; a lectionary (ff. 216-224) |
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| Origin |
Netherlands, S., or Germany |
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| Date |
1st half of the 11th century |
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| Language |
Latin |
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| Script |
Caroline minuscule |
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| Decoration |
1 full-page miniature of Matthew writing at a desk with his symbol holding a scroll above in colours (f. 2v). 1 full- page unfinished 'LI'(ber) monogram in green and gold on purple parchment with birds for the beginning of Matthew (f. 15). Arches for canon tables, with birds, dragons, or hybrids, and foliate or inhabited capitals (ff. 3-8). 1 unfinished large sketch in pencil for a miniature of Mark writing with his symbol, and the beginning of his Gospel (f. 72v). 3 sketches in pencil and purple ink for large initials with foliate decoration at the beginning of Luke and of John (ff. 111v, 112, 172). Large and small simple initials in red or brown. Running headings in red. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
340 x 220 (220 x 120) |
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| Part 2 |
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Three ivory plaques set in the upper cover |
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| Origin |
Eastern Mediterranean |
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| Date |
13th century |
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| Language |
Greek inscription |
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| Script |
Greek majuscule |
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| Decoration |
The centre plaque is of the Virgin and Child, with gilded haloes and inscriptions 'MP' and 'KY' in red; the left plaque is a saint whose name is almost entirely effaced [Theodore?], with the Archangel Michael above, and that on the right another saint, also with partially effaced inscription [George?], with the Archangel Gabriel above. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
two 95 x 35; centre 100 x 75 |
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| Official foliation |
ff. 224 ( + 1 original blank leaf after f. 215; f. 1 is an inserted sheet of paper) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
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Post-1600. Brown leather over wooden boards, with 13th century ivory plaques set into the upper cover. |
| Provenance |
f. 1 is a 19th-century note in French.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: inscribed 'Pron 3 No. 27' corresponding to the catalogue by O'Conor; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. |
| Select bibliography |
Charles O'Conor, Bibliotheca Ms. Stowensis: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Stowe Library, 2 vols (Buckingham: Seeley, 1818-1819), II, pp. 39-42.
Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1895-1896), I, no. 3.
Wilhelm Köhler, 'Die Karolingischen Miniaturen', in Zweiten Bericht über die Denkmäler Deutscher Kunst (Berlin: Reimer, 1912), pp. 51-77 (p. 62).
Georg Swarzenski, Die Salzburger Malerei, 2 vols (Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1913), I, 28 n. 1.
Theodor Klauser, Das ro¨mische capitulare evangeliorum: Texte und Untersuchungen zu seiner a¨ltesten Geschichte, Liturgiegeschichtliche Quellen und Forschungen, 28 (Munster: Aschendorffschen, 1935), p. LI no. 174.
Franz Ronig, Die Buchmaleriei des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts in Verdun (Cologne: n. pub., 1967), p. 192 n. 385.
Hanns Swarzenski, Monuments of Romanesque Art: The Art of Church Treasures in North-Western Europe, 2nd ed., (London: Faber and Faber, 1974), pl. 82, fig. 190.
Christopher de Hamel, The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques (London: British Library, 2001), pl. 47. |
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Part 1
ff. 2-224v |
| The Four Gospels, preceded by a prologue and Jerome's letter, with table of chapters and argumenta; a lectionary (ff. 216-224) |
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ff. 2v-3
Miniature and canon table |
ff. 3v-4
Canon tables |
ff. 4v-5
Canon tables |
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ff. 5v-6
Canon tables. |
ff. 6v-7
Canon tables. |
ff. 7v-8
Canon tables. |
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ff. 8v-9
Canon tables. |
f. 15
Illuminated initial |
f. 72
Text |
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f. 72v
Mark. |
ff. 111v-112
Unfinished initials |
ff. 142v-143
Text |
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f. 143
Text |
ff. 172v-173
Text |
f. 180v
Text |
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