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Written in Latin, the book contains the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and recounts the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The Gospels are the core of Christian belief as contained in the Christian Bible and illustrated magnificently. The original is in the British Museum, but an interactive version can now be viewed on the island where the skills of the monks created it. It's scribed on two hundred and fifty-eight pages of vellum and written as double columns of twenty four lines, the pages are plain apart from small decorated initials. The illustrated pages introduce each Gospel. They are of elaborate design with patterns of birds and animals and ornamented text with the initial letters elaborately enlarged and portraits of the Evangelists.
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Western Europe
