ABSTRACT
The Book of Durrow (Trinity College Dublin MS 57) contains a Latin copy of the four Gospels, in a version close to the Vulgate text compiled in the fourth century by St. Jerome. The Gospels are preceded by “etymologies,” mainly of Hebrew names; “canon tables,” or concordances of gospel passages common to two or more of the evangelists; summaries of the gospel narratives, known as Breves causae; and Argumenta, prefaces characterizing the evangelists. The first gospel text (Matthew) begins on folio 22r. The manuscript contains 248 folios, now measuring 245 ×145mm, and is written in the script known as Irish majuscule.
