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Leaf from a Greek Psalter and New Testament

1084

Byzantium, Constantinople

Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Measurements
Sheet: 16.3 x 10.9 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.154
Public Domain
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Location
105 Byzantine
Print
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Imported illuminated manuscripts were important in spreading the Byzantine style throughout Western Europe.

Description

Covering half the page of this leaf is a miniature representing the Apostle Peter. Below are 13 lines of Greek text introduced by the Greek letter pi which is created by figures of Christ and Saint Peter. The leaf comes from a combined psalter (book of sacred songs) and the New Testament. In its design, it shows close parallels with examples that were created in Constantinople workshops.
A book page features black and red Greek script in the lower half and a painting in the upper half depicting a gray-haired man with a halo. He wears blue and orange garments and stands between towers with red drapes against a gold background within a decorative blue and gold border. Below, the script includes a miniature of two gesturing figures on the cream-colored vellum.

Leaf from a Greek Psalter and New Testament

1084

Byzantium, Constantinople

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