Gospel Book Fragment (Durham Cathedral Library, A. II. 10.)

[1] Only seven leaves of the book survive, bound in three separate volumes in the Durham Cathedral Dean and Chapter Library (MS A. II 10 ff.

The frame is in the form of three "D" shapes stacked one atop another and which occupy the entire right half of the page.

The frame encloses the explicit for Matthew, the incipit for Mark, and the text of the pater noster in Greek, but written in Latin letters.

The "INI" monogram is formed by compressing the three letters into a large N which is reminiscent of the initial N found in the Ambrosiana Jerome.

Both uprights are divided into two columns of coloured panels separated by a black and cable.

The successive diminution of letters following an initial had also been seen, again notably in the Cathach, and would also be a standard technique in Insular illumination.