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In the British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV.
Written in honour of St. Cuthbert (d. 687) and illuminated in the finest style of the Northumbrian Anglo-Celtic school. Contains the Gospels, with interlinear Anglo-Saxon translation added in the 9th century.
This is folio 34r of the Gospel according to St Matthew, beginning at Mt.4:24. The Sermon on the Mount starts at Chapter 5 (going through to chapter 7) with the Beatitudes, continuing on this page to verse 18. The verso side of the folio is HERE.
Read more about Codex Lindisfarnensis
HERE and about the palaeography HERE.
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