The Book of Durrow (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 57) is an illuminated manuscript made either in Northumbria in Northern England or in Ireland. It is a Gospel Book. The text includes the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, plus several pieces of prefatory matter. It is 247 by 228 mm and contains 248 vellum folios. It contains a large illumination program including six extant carpet pages, a full page miniature of the four evangelist's symbols, four full page miniatures, each containing a single evangelist symbol, and six pages with decorated text.
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