Trebizond Gospels

mid 12th century

22.8 cm 32.3 cm

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This Gospel Book was probably made in Constantinople in the mid twelfth century and is remarkable for the fine execution and monumental quality of its full-page miniatures. The opening for the Gospel of Matthew is missing, but the other three Gospels are prefaced with a pair o...

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Monastery of Saint George of Peristera near Trebizond (?); Pellikidis Collection, Trabzon, Turkey, 1924 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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