Book of Deer

E517875

Gospel book illuminated manuscript medieval manuscript

The Book of Deer is a 10th–12th century illuminated Gospel book from northeast Scotland, notable for containing the earliest known surviving Gaelic writing from Scotland in its marginal notes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gospel book ⓘ illuminated manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ
associatedLanguageVariety	Middle Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ early Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
associatedWith	Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Deer Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyNote	Gaelic notes added in the 12th century ⓘ text probably written in the 10th century ⓘ
contains	Gaelic marginal notes ⓘ Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of Luke NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ illuminations ⓘ marginalia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
culture	Insular Celtic NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentLocation	Cambridge University Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateCreated	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ
genre	Gospel book ⓘ
hasDecoration	framed miniatures ⓘ zoomorphic initials ⓘ
hasPart	land grants in Gaelic ⓘ legal memoranda in Gaelic ⓘ records of monastic privileges ⓘ text of the Gospels ⓘ
language	Gaelic ⓘ Latin ⓘ
material	parchment ⓘ
notableFor	earliest known surviving Gaelic writing from Scotland ⓘ earliest surviving Scottish Gaelic prose ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	northeast Scotland ⓘ
productionType	insular manuscript ⓘ
region	British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
script	Insular minuscule ⓘ
scriptoriumRegion	northeast Scotland ⓘ
shelfmark	MS Ii.6.32 NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	key source for early Scottish Gaelic language ⓘ key source for early medieval Scottish history ⓘ
subject	New Testament Gospels NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Book of Deer NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfWork	religious manuscript ⓘ
writingSystem	Gaelic script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Saint Drostan → associatedWith → Book of Deer ⓘ

Kenneth H. Jackson → notableWork → Book of Deer ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer