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Text, folio 164 (verso), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries

c. 1000–1100
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Byzantium, Constantinople

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Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding
Measurements
Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.152.164.b
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Location
105 Byzantine(not visible)
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Gospel Books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.

Description

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 level of sophistication suggests that it was probably written and decorated in a monastery in Constantinople.
A vertically oriented parchment leaf features twenty-eight horizontal rows of handwritten Greek script in dark brown ink. Tiny red characters are interspersed throughout the text. A large, faded purple stain marks the top left corner, while scattered brown spots dot the upper edge. Deep creases ripple across the lower left surface. Along the right side, the page is bound with thread passing through small circular holes.

Text, folio 164 (verso), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries

c. 1000–1100

Byzantium, Constantinople

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