AUTHOR: IRISH MONKS

LANGUAGE: OLD LATIN

DATE: 750

PAGE #: 268

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.75 X 8.75 IN

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: CRUCIFIXION IN THE ST. GALL GOSPEL BOOK. THE ST. GALL GOSPEL BOOK OR CODEX SANGALLENSIS 51 IS AN 8TH-CENTURY INSULAR GOSPEL BOOK, WRITTEN EITHER IN IRELAND OR BY IRISH MONKS IN THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL IN SWITZERLAND, WHERE IT IS NOW IN THE ABBEY LIBRARY OF ST. GALLEN AS MS 51. IT HAS 134 FOLIOS. AMONG ITS 11 ILLUSTRATED PAGES ARE A CRUCIFIXION, A LAST JUDGEMENT, A CHI RHO MONOGRAM PAGE, A CARPET PAGE, AND EVANGELIST PORTRAITS. IT IS DESIGNATED BY 48 ON THE BEURON SYSTEM, AND IS AN 8TH-CENTURY LATIN MANUSCRIPT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. THE TEXT, WRITTEN ON VELLUM, IS A VERSION OF THE OLD LATIN. THE MANUSCRIPT CONTAINS THE TEXT OF THE FOUR GOSPELS ON 134 PARCHMENT LEAVES. IT IS WRITTEN IN TWO COLUMNS, IN IRISH SEMI-UNCIALS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE ST GALL LIBRARY SINCE AT LEAST THE 10TH CENTURY, WHEN IT IS RECORDED IN THE EARLIEST CATALOG.

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