Book of Durrow: Beginning of St. Mark

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Title Book of Durrow: Beginning of St. Mark
Site Columban Monastery
Location City/State Durrow (origin)
Location Country Ireland
Style Period Medieval Art: Hiberno-Saxon
Description faces ornamental carpet page
Subject Religious Art; Illuminated Manuscripts
Creation Date ca. 680 CE
Form illuminated manuscript
Medium ink and tempera on parchment or vellum
Dimensions 245 x 145 mm
Inscription/Marks "Here begins the Gospel according to Mark"
Repository Trinity College, MS A. 4. 15. (57), folio 86r; Dublin (Ireland)
Source A History of Illuminated Manuscripts, by Christopher de Hamel. Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1994.
Work ID 5434
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6jm5mzk
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 31379
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jm5mzk
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