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Source Description
This author portrait once preceded the Lenten readings (mostly taken from the Gospel of Mark) in a Gospel lectionary now in Athens, National Library of Greece MS 2552. The Evangelist has momentarily paused writing and raises a hand to his chin in a conventional gesture signifying thought. On the desk in front of him lie a pair of compasses, used for ruling the parchment pages before writing on them, and an inkwell.
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Document identity
localId
19629
label
Saint Mark
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
19629
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Saint Mark
description
This author portrait once preceded the Lenten readings (mostly taken from the Gospel of Mark) in a Gospel lectionary now in Athens, National Library of Greece MS 2552. The Evangelist has momentarily paused writing and raises a hand to his chin in a conventional gesture signifying thought. On the desk in front of him lie a pair of compasses, used for ruling the parchment pages before writing on them, and an inkwell.
provenance
Serres, St. John Prodromos Monastery [MS A3]; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 11th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
19
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 10 5/8 × W: 7 1/2 in. (27 × 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine; Christian
style
Byzantine
med
ink and pigments on medium weight parchment
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
MSS
BYZ
exhibition_ids
446
2289
63
2443
2440
662
2433
57
31
889
358
2012
3061
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
9adac0c30e9ba5bc
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
31798754b795fca7
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no