Cyningstaf

Crist on þrym

Þæt Cyningstaf (writen on Latin swa þæt Codex Cenannensis and sommers witen as se Bōc Columba, nu heald in Þryð Cēole Dublin) is an gewriten hæƿe and Celtic Gōspel bōc on Latin, hæbbeð þa feower Gōspel of þæm Niwe Testament mid manigum fruman sticcan and tæblum. Hit wæs gesceapen on Columban mynster in oþer Iralande oþþe Sceotland, and mæg hæbben geðeod be manigum Columban myndum of æghwæþer þisse gearea. Hit is gelīc æt fram c. 800 AD. Þæt gerǣdness of þǣm Gōspelum is mǣre abroht of se Vulgate, forðon hit hæbbeð æfter gæstlicum þæddum used from ærran gerǣdnessum of þǣm Biblian witan as se Vetus Latina. Hit is hælþylded swā masterweorc of Wēstern cræfting and se mærsunga of Insular lēohte. Se hæƿe nimð his nama of se Abbey of Kells, Cyne Mēath, se wæs his wīc for hundreda.