Volume / Number: 2 / 198

CLA	198
Shelfmarks	London United Kingdom British Library Harley MS 2788
Script	Uncial
Date	VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance	Written doubtless in the great centre of art and calligraphy which produced the Trier and Abbéville Gospels and the Lectionary of Charlemagne written by ‘Godesscalc’ in 781. Experts of medieval art place that centre at Aachen. Bought of J. J. Charron, Marquis of Ménars, by Robert Harley in 1720 at the Hague.
CLA Vol.	2
TM Number	TM 66303
Support	Parchment
Contents	Testamentum Novum, Evangelia (Lc, Mc, Mt, Io).
Name	Codex Aureus. Harley Golden Gospels.
Script Commentary	Script is an artificial but well-formed uncial; here and there to save space Rustic capital is used at line-ends or on the last line. Foll. 1–6 (prefatory matter) and 199–208v (Comes) are in well developed Caroline minuscule.
Notes	☛Bischoff, Katalog 2 no. 2456. ☛McGurk, Gospel books no. 27.
Facsimile URL	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_2788
Collections	Text: MSS containing biblical text (including Gospels) Text: MSS containing Gospel text
Last modified	06 September 2022