Book of Durrow

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The Book of Durrow is an early medieval illuminated Gospel manuscript, renowned as one of the oldest surviving examples of Insular art from the British Isles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gospel book
Insular manuscript
illuminated manuscript
medieval manuscript
alsoKnownAs Codex Durmachensis NERFINISHED
artStyle Insular art NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Durrow, County Offaly NERFINISHED
associatedWith Durrow Abbey NERFINISHED
containsText Four Gospels NERFINISHED
Gospel of John NERFINISHED
Gospel of Luke NERFINISHED
Gospel of Mark NERFINISHED
Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED
countryOfCurrentLocation Ireland NERFINISHED
createdFor monastic community
culturalSignificance one of the oldest surviving examples of Insular art
currentLocation Trinity College Library, Dublin NERFINISHED
dateOfCreation 7th century
earliestPossibleDate circa 650
genre Gospel book
hasDecoration carpet pages
decorated initials
evangelist symbol pages
geometric ornament
interlace patterns
zoomorphic ornament
inCollection Trinity College Dublin manuscript collection NERFINISHED
influencedBy Celtic art NERFINISHED
Germanic animal style
Late Antique manuscript traditions
language Latin
latestPossibleDate circa 700
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy
material parchment
vellum
notableFeature earliest surviving fully decorated Insular Gospel book
full-page representations of evangelist symbols
numberOfFolios 248
period Early Middle Ages
placeOfOrigin British Isles NERFINISHED
regionOfArtHistoricalContext Hiberno-Saxon world NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
scriptoriumType monastic scriptorium
scriptType Insular script
shelfmark Trinity College Dublin MS 57 NERFINISHED
subjectMatter New Testament Gospels NERFINISHED
title Book of Durrow NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Old Library houses Book of Durrow
subject surface form: Old Library, Trinity College Dublin