Leaf from ""Imperial"" Menologion: Life and Conduct of Our Holy Father John, Who Lived in Poverty for Christ's Sake
St. John Calybites (the "Hut-Dweller"), known for his ascetic life of extreme poverty, lived in Constantinople ca. 450. Before taking monastic vows, he asked his parents to buy him a decorated Gospel Book, which he is seen holding in this miniature.This manuscript contains the...
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Library of the Greek Patriarchate of Alexandria, Cairo, no. 32/33 [1]. Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Seen there by A. Mavrommatis in 1895 and C. R. Gregory in 1901, reported lost to C. Schmidt in 1914
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