facsimile made in 1725 for Thomas Astle's book The Origin and Progress of Writing (1784). The original (Cotton MS Otho C.v) made in Lindisfarne c. 700 AD was badly damaged by fire in 1731 [2].
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18th century copy of page from the [[Cotton-Corpus Christi Gospel Fragment]] from [http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/illuminated/ here] {{pd-art}} [[Category:Illuminated manuscripts]]
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