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The Book of Kells, by Edward Sullivan, [1920], at sacred-texts.com


p. viii

LIST OF PLATES

Plate

I.

A page of the Eusebian Canons.

II.

The Virgin and Child.

III.

Portion of the "Argument" to the Gospel of St. John.

IV.

The Evangelical Symbols.

V.

Portrait of St. Matthew.

VI.

The opening words of St. Matthew's Gospel—"Liber generationis."

VII.

Portrait of St. Mark or St. Luke.

VIII.

The Eight-circled Cross.

IX.

The Monogram page—"Christi auteur generatio."

X.

A page of the Text (St. Mark xiii. 17–22).

XI.

"Tunc crucifixerant" (St. Matthew xxvii. 38).

XII.

The Evangelical Symbols.

XIII.

The opening words of St. Mark's Gospel—"Initium Evangelic."

XIV.

The opening word of St. Luke's Gospel—"Quoniam."

XV.

The Genealogy of Christ (St. Luke iii. 22-26).

XVI.

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XVII.

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XVIII.

Portrait of St. John.

XIX.

The opening words of St. John's Gospel—"In principio."

XX.

Compound Letters.

XXI.

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XXII.

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XVIII.

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XXIV.

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