Gospel Book with Commentaries

c. 1000–1100
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Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
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Location: 105 Byzantine

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Gospel Books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.

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Each of the four Gospels in this book opens on a page with brilliantly illuminated borders depicting the author of the text as well as birds—principally peacocks, symbols of the immortality of the soul— and fountains, representing the fountain of life and the salvation of the soul. This volume consists of 428 leaves with texts in Greek. Its high level of sophistication is characteristic of monasteries in Constantinople.
Gospel Book with Commentaries

Gospel Book with Commentaries

c. 1000–1100

Byzantium, Constantinople

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