Gospels

late 13th century

11.2 cm 17 cm 16.2 cm

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This volume is primarily remarkable for its excellently preserved early (but not original) binding, as well as the peculiar style of its miniatures. The manuscript opens with an unusual, icon-like prefatory image of the Virgin and Child, possibly added at an early stage for us...

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Sophia Negroponte, Chios [seen in Negroponte library by A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus in 1885]; Russian Skete of St. Andrew Karies, Mt. Athos, 1900 [no. 754; seen there by C.R. Gregory on March 26, 1902]; Thomas Whittemore, England, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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