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Gospel Book Fragment

7th-century Insular Gospel Book fragment, Durham Cathedral Library
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Summary

Gospel Book Fragment is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #56 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Good News[3]
  • Genre: art of Insular illumination[4]
  • Made from material: parchment[5]
  • Collection: Durham Dean and Chapter Library[6]
  • Inventory number: A. II. 10[7], C. III. 13[8], C. III. 20[9]
  • Location: Durham Cathedral[10]
  • Commons category: Durham Cathedral Library, MS An II 10[11]
  • Inception: 650[12]
  • Height: 38.5 cm[13]
  • Width: 25 cm[14]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://iiif.durham.ac.uk/manifests/trifle/32150/t1/m8/g8/t1m8g84mm26d/manifest[15]

Why It Matters

Gospel Book Fragment has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Durham Cathedral
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +0650-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → illuminated manuscript, Good News
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, uk, da, ro, it, en */ Add the Russian label ru:Гиберно-саксонские рукописи uses, without its parenthesis, translations of fr:Fragment d'évangiles de Durha"
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