Cotton MS Nero D IV

E240533

Cotton MS Nero D IV is the British Library manuscript shelfmark for the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated early medieval Gospel book famed for its intricate Insular art and Old English gloss.

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Label Occurrences
Cotton MS Nero D IV canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gospel book
Insular manuscript
illuminated manuscript
medieval manuscript
alsoKnownAs Lindisfarne Gospels
artStyle Insular art
associatedWith Eadfrith of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Priory
Saint Cuthbert
attributedTo Eadfrith of Lindisfarne
catalogueIdentifier Nero D IV
collection Cotton Library
containsText Gospels
surface form: Four Gospels

Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
country United Kingdom
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
currentOwner British Library
dateCreated early 8th century
late 7th century
hasDecoration geometric ornament
interlace patterns
zoomorphic ornament
hasFeature Old English interlinear gloss
carpet pages
evangelist portraits
illuminated initials
heldBy British Library
language Latin
Old English
material vellum
partOf Cotton collection of manuscripts
surface form: Cotton Nero manuscripts series
placeOfOrigin Lindisfarne
Northumbria
productionType monastic manuscript
religiousTradition Christianity
repositoryLocation London, England
surface form: London
script Insular half-uncial
shelfmark Cotton MS Nero D IV self-link
significance major monument of early medieval book art
masterpiece of Insular illumination
subject Gospels
New Testament
textType Vulgate Gospels with variants
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Description of subject: Cotton MS Nero D IV is the British Library manuscript shelfmark for the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated early medieval Gospel book famed for its intricate Insular art and Old English gloss.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lindisfarne Gospels shelfmark Cotton MS Nero D IV
Cotton MS Nero D IV shelfmark Cotton MS Nero D IV self-link