HEAR the Gospel of our LORD

Gospels (Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 301)

Four full-page framed miniatures with Evangelists' portraits at the beginning of each Gospel: the first in the same palette as the the first eleven Canon Tables, the remaining three unfinished and in the same palette as the last four Canon Tables. Three of the miniatures face full-page openings of the Gospels of Saints Matthew, Luke and John, and one a large (two-thirds of a page) opening of the Gospel of St Mark; both miniatures and incipit pages within Winchester-style frames.

  • 10v: Matthew holding pen and open book; his symbol, the angel, delivering gold scroll from above, lectern shaft issuing from the mouth of a bird. Frame has four Winchetser-style corner medallions and two diamond-shaped vignettes, each containing a beardless male saint with closed book, one also with cross-topped staff.

  • 44v: Mark seated beneath gold arch with Winchester-style medallions, holding open book; his winged lion holds closed book and has trumpet issuing from mouth. Unfinished.

  • 70v: Luke seated before a lectern, holding quill and knife, angel with staff standing behind him. Gold frame with Winchester-style medallions. Unfinished.

  • 108v: John seated before open book, holding pen or knife in right hand, looking at angel standing behind him. Basic frame with foliage in corners. Unfinished.