Gospel Book - Chester Beatty's Digital Collections

Object Information

Description

Object no:: W 134

Title:: Gospel Book

Scribe and production place:: Unknown
Byzantine Empire (historical region)

Production date:: 12th century

Dimensions:: 190 mm x 140 mm x 62 mm (height x width x depth)

Material:: Parchment (material) Ink (material) Pigment (material) Gold leaf

Language:: Ancient Greek (language)

Script type:: Minuscule

Collection:: Western Collection

Object category:: Manuscript

Object name:: Codex

Description:: Manuscript containing the Four Gospels written in a 12th century Greek minuscule on parchment. Each gospel is introduced by a portrait of the Evangelist on a gold ground. Headpieces and initials are written in red ink with some penwork. A black-knotwork headpiece introduces the whole book. Rubrics indicating liturgical use appear in the margins.

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