Book of Deer

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The Book of Deer is a 10th–12th century illuminated Gospel book from northeast Scotland, notable for containing the earliest known surviving Gaelic writing from Scotland in its marginal notes.

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Book of Deer canonical 6
The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gospel book
illuminated manuscript
medieval manuscript
associatedLanguageVariety Middle Irish
early Scottish Gaelic
associatedWith Aberdeenshire
Deer Abbey
chronologyNote Gaelic notes added in the 12th century
text probably written in the 10th century
contains Gaelic marginal notes
Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
illuminations
marginalia
countryOfOrigin Scotland
culture Insular Celtic
Scottish Gaelic
currentLocation Cambridge University Library
dateCreated 10th century
11th century
12th century
genre Gospel book
hasDecoration framed miniatures
zoomorphic initials
hasPart land grants in Gaelic
legal memoranda in Gaelic
records of monastic privileges
text of the Gospels
language Gaelic
Latin
material parchment
notableFor earliest known surviving Gaelic writing from Scotland
earliest surviving Scottish Gaelic prose
placeOfOrigin northeast Scotland
productionType insular manuscript
region British Isles
religion Christianity
script Insular minuscule
scriptoriumRegion northeast Scotland
shelfmark MS Ii.6.32
significance key source for early Scottish Gaelic language
key source for early medieval Scottish history
subject New Testament Gospels
linked to: Gospels
title Book of Deer
typeOfWork religious manuscript
writingSystem Gaelic script
Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (8)

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Saint Drostan associatedWith Book of Deer
Kenneth H. Jackson notableWork The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer
linked to: Book of Deer
Old Deer associatedWith Book of Deer
Drostan of Deer associatedWith Book of Deer
Drostan of Aberdour associatedWith Book of Deer
Drostán associatedWithDocument Book of Deer
Book of Deer title Book of Deer
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson notableWork The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer
linked to: Book of Deer