Each of the four Gospels in this book opens on a page with brilliantly illuminated borders depicting the author of the text as well as birds—principally peacocks, symbols of the immortality of the soul— and fountains, representing the fountain of life and the salvation of the soul. This volume consists of 428 leaves with texts in Greek. Its high level of sophistication is characteristic of monasteries in Constantinople.

<i>Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illumination</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 17-April 19, 1964).

Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illumination

<i>Greek and Byzantine Manuscripts</i>. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ (organizer) (April 13-May 20, 1973).

Greek and Byzantine Manuscripts

Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, (1947); no. 704, pl. XCIX.

Princeton University, (March 9, - May 31, 1973).

Weathered dark-brown leather covers a substantial volume angled rightward, its edges warped over a dense block of wavy, yellowed vellum. Horizontal handwritten script marks the textured lower edge of the pages. At the left, the worn spine reveals fraying material and the internal binding structure. The object is defined by the contrast between smooth, distressed leather and the rhythmic, undulating lines of the stacked, aged vellum pages.

Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Gospel Book with Commentaries

Byzantium, Constantinople

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