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CLA	125
Shelfmarks	Cambridge United Kingdom Corpus Christi College 197b (pp. 245–316) London United Kingdom British Library Cotton MS Otho C. V
Script	Insular Majuscule
Date	VII–VIII (680 - 720)
Origin and Provenance	Written probably in Northumbria, certainly in an important English centre familiar with Irish calligraphy. A manuscript de luxe. The Cotton part (Matthew and Mark) was severely damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The two leaves containing Canon-tables in London Royal 7. c. XII (foll. 2–3), CLA 2.217, may be part of this MS. Bishop Tanner (†1735) supposed it to be the ‘Red Book of Eye’.
CLA Vol.	2
TM Number	TM 66229
Support	Parchment
Contents	Testamentum Novum, Evangelia (Io, Lc fragm.).
Name	Cambridge-London Gospels. The Northumbrian Gospels.
Script Commentary	Script is an expert Insular majuscule by two scribes: one uses uncial d and d, uncial G, N, R, and S (yet Ꞅ occurs at line-end or in the last line); his E is theta-shaped and is usually conjoint with the next letter, as in Echternach MSS written by Laurentius; the other prefers minuscule d, n, and uncial S, but uses R and r indifferently; half-uncial g in ligature is s-shaped. Corrections occur in small Insular minuscule.
Notes	☛CLA first-edition date (VIII) changed to follow second edition. ☛Brown, In the Beginning No. 58.
Facsimile URL	https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/qw038wz9710 http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Otho_C_V
Collections	Text: MSS containing biblical text (including Gospels) Text: MSS containing Gospel text CLA information changed Script: MSS with named scribes (John 1995 with additions)
Last modified	12 September 2022