Hereford Gospels

Hereford Gospels

The Hereford Gospels (Hereford, Hereford Cathedral Library, MS P. I. 2 ) is an 8th century illuminated manuscript Gospel Book in insular script minuscule script, with large illuminated initials in the Insular style.

The manuscript was likely produced either in Wales (along with the Ricemarch Psalter and possibly the Lichfield Gospels) or in the West Country of England near the Welsh border. [Richard Gameson, "The Hereford Gospels," from Hereford Cathedral: A History (London, 2000), pgs. 536-543. Gameson himself argues for the Welsh origin of the manuscript, but acknowledges that west England is a possible but less likely location of origin.]

The decoration has features relating to pre-Christian Celtic style, featuring spirals, tri-partite divisions of circles (common in La Tene culture), and zoomorphic figures.

It is now housed in Hereford Cathedral in the largest surviving "chained library". (A library in which the books are chained down, so as to prevent theft.)

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