Abstract
The St. Augustine Gospels (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 286) is an illuminated Vulgate gospelbook dating from the sixth century. It was one of a remarkable group of manuscripts collected by Matthew Parker (1504–75), archbishop of Canterbury, and presented by him to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The main hand of the manuscript is a sixth‐century uncial, typical of that which influenced English uncial. While paleographers agree that the manuscript was written in Italy, it has traditionally been associated with St. Augustine's mission to England in 597. The St. Augustine Gospels represent the oldest and perhaps most precious book kept in the Parker Library and it is still used for the swearing‐in of new archbishops of Canterbury.
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