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The Mac Durnan Gospels or Book of Mac Durnan (London, Lambeth Palace MS 1370) is an early medieval Irish illuminated manuscript containing the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), now in the collection of the Lambeth Palace Library in London.〔Keynes, "King Athelstan's books", p. 153.〕 ==Manuscript history== Vital information concerning the provenance and history of the manuscript comes from an alliterative Latin inscription which was added on folio 3v, possibly by Koenwald (d. 957/8), later bishop of Worcester.〔Simon Keynes, "Koenwald." In ''Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England'', ed. Michael Lapidge et al. 1999.〕 It suggests that the manuscript was written or commissioned by Máel Brigte mac Tornáin (d. 927), known as Mac Durnan, abbot of Armagh since 888, who is said to have dedicated the book to God.〔Dodwell, ''Pictorial arts'', p. 92.〕〔Keynes, "King Athelstan's books", p. 154.〕 Rearranged in regular metre, the inscription reads: : The manuscript must have left the scriptorium of Armagh soon after, since it passed into the possession of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924-939), presumably as a diplomatic gift. According to the same inscription, Æthelstan presented the book to Christ Church, Canterbury.〔Dodwell, ''Pictorial arts'', p. 92. The inscription on f. 3v translates as "Maeilbrithus mac Durnan teaches this Gospel (textum'', lit. 'this text' ) through the tripartite world in a manner worthy of God. But Aethelstan Anglo-Saxon king and ruler gives it to the metropolitan church of Canterbury for ever." McNamara, "The Echternach and Mac Durnan Gospels", p. 218.〕 The Mac Durnan Gospels offer a unique glimpse on the Irish connections of Æthelstan's court, which is known to have been attended by at least one Irish abbot, Dubinsi, abbot of Bangor.〔Ó Cróinín, ''Early medieval Ireland'', p. 229.〕 During the 11th century, six Anglo-Saxon charters were copied into the gospel-book, including writs and records of agreements, the latest being no later than AD 1050.〔(E-sawyer ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mac Durnan Gospels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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