S(onvA urel Ht. John. The minute but exquisitely written MS of St. John, now in the possession of the Jesuit College at Stonyhurst [vii or viii) ; originally, according to a legend as old as the 13th cent., the property of St. Cuthbert, in whose cotHn it was found. The text closely resembles Aniiatinus, but is on the whole not quite so goo<l. Wordsworth's S in St. John. British Museum, Cotton Nero D. iv. The superb Lindu,farni! GogprU |vii or viii], written by Eadfrith, bp. of Lindisfame, i.u. U9S-721, and other scribes. The Latin is accompanied by an interlinear version in the Northumbrian dialect. The text verj' closelv resembles that of Amiatinus, agreeing with it sometimes "even in errors ; but, as with the MSS mentioned inimcdiatelv abo\e, where the two differ, Amiatinus usually has tlie better text The MS from which these Gospels were copied must have come from Naples ; Dom O. Morin {Jteime Bi'nMkiiM, 1891, t. viii. p. 481) has pointed out that at the beginning of the Gospels there are lists of festivals and saints' days, among which appear names peculiar to Naples ; and the book may well have been brought to Lindisfame by the Adrian who was abbot of a monaster)' near Naples, and who accom- panied Abp. Theodore on his journey to Kngland in COS; see Berger, p. 39 f. Bentley's and Wordsworth's Y^
Fragments of Matthcw(ll-3*)and John (I '21) bound up at the end ol the famous ■ Utrecht Psalter.' The handwriting and text both strongly resemble the Codex Amiatinus, and are about the same dates (vii-viii). Wordsworth's U in Gospels.
For the Psalter itself the reader should consult W. de Gray Birch, The llietory. Art, and I'alaoffraphy o/ the iWS, styled the Ctrecht Piaittr^ London, 1^7(i ; and the later treatise by Count P. Durrieu, L'trigine du MS cdUhre dit ie I'sautier d'Utrcctd, Paris, 1895 (extrmlt des ' Melanges Julien llavet ') ; Count Durrieu supposes it to h«ve been written at or near Kheims in the eariier part of the 8th cent,. The text is the (itUlican Psalter.
(b) Canterbury MSS (traditionally connected with Augustine and with Gregory the Great).— Oxford, liodley S-IT, and Auct. D. 2. 14 : Gospels fonncrly belonging to St. Augustine's Library at Canlerbury and generally known as 'St. Augustine'sGosoels' (vii). From the i>oint of view of aye, the MS might well have been brought to Canterbury by some of the later followers of Augustine, but the text shows it to be of native origin ; it is fairly near to Amiatinus, but has a large number of charac- teristics partly Irish, partly early Anglo-Saxon ; as Berger says (p. 86), It may be placed at the base of the Anglo-Saxon tj'pe of text, and must owe its name not to being the personal property of Augustine, but to belonging to the abbey at Canterburv, which was consecrated to his memory- Tischendorf's boat, Wonlsworth'H O in Gospels.
Cambridge, Corpus Christi OoU. cclxxxvl. Evan. ; Gospels (vii), fonneriy belonging to St. Augustine's at Canterbury, an.l, according to tradition, sent by Pope Gregory to Augustine, hut the text does not bear out this supposition; it closely r-sembles that of the preceding .MS, and is really Anglo-Saxon, though it has been corrected throughout in accordance with a .M.'< of the Aniiatinus type. IJenllcy^ B, Wordsworth's X.
British Museum, Cotton Vesp. A. 1. 'Roman' Psalter (ix), known as the ' I'aalter of St. Augustine' : Anglo-Saxon type of
Brit. Mus., Reg. 1. E. vt. ; Gospels, Imperfect (end of viii); written in England, and formerly belonging to St. Augustine's, Canterbury ; in all probability the second volume of the famous 'Bililia Oregoriana,' mentioned bv Elniham ('Hist. .Monasleril S. Aug. Canluar.,' ed. O. Hardwick, Rolls Series 8, London, 1868). Text somewhat similar to those obove ; Vulgate, mixed with Irish readings ; Bentley's P.
(c) Irwh and Anglo-Saxon MSS.— Book tf Armagh ; Library. Trinity Coll., Dublin. New Testament written in a small and beautiful Irish hand, by the scribe Ferdoinnach |ii) ; It has the nr,,lniiia I'ilaiiii in otnnfn irputolat, Laod. occurs after Col., and Ads after A|>oc The late Dr. Reeves, bp. of Down, intended to e>lit it. and his vork has been iliiiBhed and published by Drs.
Gwynn and Bernard of Dublin. The text of the MS is at bottom good and closely allied to Amiatinus ; it displays many cf the national characteristics, however, small interpolations, expli cative additions, and relics of Old Latin readings (thus its otnit:gif/n of Jn 5-* is all the more remarkable), etc., while the present writer cannot help thinking that it has been to a certain extent corrected from the Greek ; see the Oxford Vul-iate, pp. 714, 716 ; Berger, pp. 31-33. Wordsworth's D.
The Book of Kellt: Trin. Coll., Dublin, A. 1. U ; Gospels (vii or viii), given to Trinity College by Abp. Ussher ; named from Kells or Kenanna, a iuona.ster)' in County Meath. It is famous for being perhaps the most perfect e-xisting specimen of Irish handwriting, as the Lindifj'arnf (Jnapcln are of English ; see ThonqKson, Greek and Lat. i'alttojrapht/, pp. 23!), 2i:>, 246. But the text is also valuable, much re-senihling the Book o/ Armagh, with the usual Irish characteristics, and a great fondness for conflate readings. A collation has been given by Dr. Abbott in his edition of the Codex Usserianus (Dublin, 1884) ; see also Berger, p. 41. Wordsworth's Q.