• Brittany (probably)

• Angers (Saint-Serge)
• Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
• Le Mans (Notre-Dame)
• Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

• Gospel-book

• Jerome, Letter to Pope Damasus (1r-3r)
• Preface to the four Gospels(3v-6r)
• Preface to Matthew's Gospel (6r-7v)
• Eusebian Canon tables (8v-11r)
• Gospel of Matthew (12r-50v)
• Gospel of Mark, preceded by preface (51r-78r)
• Gospel of Luke, preceded by preface (78v-117v)
• Gospel of John, preceded by preface and capitula (118r-155r)
• Capitulare evangeliorum de circulo anni (155r-166v).

• Probably written in Brittany

The decoration of this Gospel-book is certainly close to the Breton group, and, significantly, the text of the Gospels in this MS belongs to the 'Irish family' (Vezin 1974: 47; on the decoration, cf. also Kitzinger 2013b: 41). Moreover, Lemoine (2001: 264–7) has drawn attention to a number of specific textual readings agreeing with other Breton gospel-book. Accordingly, a tenth-century Breton origin seems probable.

In its later history this MS followed a rather tortuous path: it was probably in Angers in the eleventh century (Vezin 1974: 48), and from there it reached the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (near Paris), and then Le Mans. Eventually, it was brought to the BnF from Saint-Germain-des-Prés (ILLB In22b, p. 59).

BnF Archives et Manuscrits; EBGB 13 (n. 1); Fleuriot 1983: 104; ILLB In22b; Kitzinger 2013b: 41; Lemoine 2001: 264–7; Lemoine 2008: 194; PMSB 312 (§89); Simpson (McKee) 1999: 290; Vezin 1974: 47–8.

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