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Source Description
This manuscript is one of the relatively few illustrated Byzantine copies of the Acts and Epistles of the Apostles. It consists of three parts produced at different dates. The New Testament text with its accompanying prefatory material (known as Euthalian apparatus, after the name of its supposed compiler Euthalius) was copied in the early twelfth century. Then, lists of readings were added at two stages in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to facilitate their use in church. Some of the Epistles have lost the miniature that once marked their beginning. A couple of lost leaves were replaced in the sixteenth century.
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Document identity
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4890
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Acts and Epistles of the Apostles with Liturgical Readings
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Source metadata
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4890
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title
Acts and Epistles of the Apostles with Liturgical Readings
description
This manuscript is one of the relatively few illustrated Byzantine copies of the Acts and Epistles of the Apostles. It consists of three parts produced at different dates. The New Testament text with its accompanying prefatory material (known as Euthalian apparatus, after the name of its supposed compiler Euthalius) was copied in the early twelfth century. Then, lists of readings were added at two stages in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to facilitate their use in church. Some of the Epistles have lost the miniature that once marked their beginning. A couple of lost leaves were replaced in the sixteenth century.
provenance
Iviron Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 24, seen there by S. Lampros, and by C. R. Gregory on March 17, 1902]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 12th century, with 14th and 15th century additions
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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cm
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23.2
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16.6
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Folio H: 9 1/8 × W: 6 9/16 in. (23.2 × 16.6 cm)
Source extras
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Byzantine
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ink and pigments on medium to heavy weight parchment bound between thin rounded wooden boards covered with blind-stamped polished calf leather
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6640
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358
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2016
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1
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photo
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