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Portrait of Mark, folio 132 (recto), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries

c. 1000–1100

Byzantium, Constantinople

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Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding
Measurements
Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.152.132.a
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Location
105 Byzantine(not visible)
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Description

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 level of sophistication suggests that it was probably written and decorated in a monastery in Constantinople.

Portrait of Mark, folio 132 (recto), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries

c. 1000–1100

Byzantium, Constantinople

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