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Source Description
This manuscript was made around 1800 by the Old Believers, a group of Russian Christians who dissented from the Russian Orthodox Church and were subsequently persecuted and excommunicated. Because their books were often confiscated and they were forbidden to use printing presses, they continued to write important works such as this one by hand. The manuscript contains the text of the New Testament book of Revelation along with a patristic commentary, which is accompanied by a series of seventy-one striking full-page miniatures.
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Document identity
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2127
label
Apocalypse with Patristic Commentary
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Source metadata
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2127
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Apocalypse with Patristic Commentary
description
This manuscript was made around 1800 by the Old Believers, a group of Russian Christians who dissented from the Russian Orthodox Church and were subsequently persecuted and excommunicated. Because their books were often confiscated and they were forbidden to use printing presses, they continued to write important works such as this one by hand. The manuscript contains the text of the New Testament book of Revelation along with a patristic commentary, which is accompanied by a series of seventy-one striking full-page miniatures.
provenance
Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Walters Art Museum, 2005, by purchase.
date
ca. 1800
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
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1
pageCount
1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
21
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 11 7/16 × W: 8 1/4 in. (29 × 21 cm)
Source extras
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ink and pigments on a variety of different types of paper, both laid and wove, ranging from thin to very thick bound between wooden boards covered with leather and brass clasps and studs
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33506
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MSS
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3612
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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4b8b6a7cea42a25a