Shelfmark
CSR.1329
Title
The Lindisfarne gospels : three plates in colour and thirty-six in monochrome from Cotton ms. Nero D.IV in the British Museum with pages from two related manuscripts / with introduction by Eric George Millar.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1923.
Physical description
52 p., XXXIX leaves of plates : facsims. (some col.) ; 43 cm.
Language
In English and Latin.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the front flyleaf, reading: "M. R. J. [Montague Rhodes James] from [Egdy?]. Christmas 1923".
Provenance
Eton College Library circular armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; ms. inscription in pencil on the front pastedown, reading: "From the library of MRJ".
Binding
20th century full cloth binding; gilt titling on the front board and spine
Copy-specific note
Reference collection.
Subject
British Library Manuscript.
Subject
Bible. Gospels. English (Old English). Lindisfarne Gospels.
Subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Subject
Decoration and ornament, Celtic.
Subject
Manuscripts, English (Old) Facsimiles.
Subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Facsimiles.
Genre/Form
Facsimiles.
Added entry--name
Millar, Eric George. writer of introduction.
Added entry--name
James, M. R., 1862 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
British Museum publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B55192