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Source Description
This author portrait once preceded the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in a Gospel Book in Mount Athos at the Monastery of Great Lavra. They are attributable to the leading book illuminator in Constantinople during the second quarter of the twelfth century. His real name is unknown, and he has been conventionally named the Kokkinobaphos Master.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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27347
label
Evangelist Mark Seated Thinking
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
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27347
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object
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normalized
title
Evangelist Mark Seated Thinking
description
This author portrait once preceded the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in a Gospel Book in Mount Athos at the Monastery of Great Lavra. They are attributable to the leading book illuminator in Constantinople during the second quarter of the twelfth century. His real name is unknown, and he has been conventionally named the Kokkinobaphos Master.
provenance
[Folios 1bis and 117bis in Mount Athos, Great Lavra MS A44]; Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd quarter 12th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.6
height
15.3
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 8 7/8 x W: 6 in. (22.6 x 15.3 cm); Mat H: 19 1/4 x W: 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm); Travel frame H: 21 3/4 x W: 16 3/4 x D: 1 1/4 in. (55.25 x 42.55 x 3.18 cm
Source extras
style
Byzantine
med
ink and pigments on good quality parchment
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8656
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683
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Page inventory
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1
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photo
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e096c0deb4fa15c5
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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cb31796f3a335e0b
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no
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no