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  • Manuscript page from The Burney Gospels, showing a portrait of St Mark painted on a gold background.

    Burney Gospels

    Manuscript Created date: 10th-12th century

    This beautifully illuminated copy of the Greek Gospels was created in two stages. The text was copied out in the 2nd hal...

  • Cappadocian Gospel Lectionary (Add MS 39602 f001r)

    Cappadocian Gospel lectionary

    Manuscript Created date: 980

    The bishop Stephanos commissioned this Gospel lectionary. It was written in 980 at Ciscissa in Cappadocia. It is laid ou...

  • Gospel Book from Lebanon (Add MS 11300 f002r)

    Gospel-book from Lebanon

    Manuscript Created date: 10th century

    This 10th-century copy of the Gospels in Greek contains fine decorated headpieces at the beginning of each gospel. The v...

  • A page from The Guest-Coutts New Testament (f162v) shows a portrait of St Luke

    Guest-Coutts New Testament

    Manuscript Created date: Mid-10th century

    Copied and illuminated in the middle of the 10th century, this manuscript is a remarkable example of book production in...

  • Sermons of Gregory of Nazianzus (Add MS 18231 f105v)

    Sermons of Gregory of Nazianzus

    Manuscript Created date: 972

    The theological treatises of Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329–389?) were hugely important for the Greek church in the Middle...