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Gospel lectionary (MS M.647).

Accession number
MS M.647
Object title
Gospel lectionary (MS M.647).
Created
Byzantium, second half of 11th century.
Binding
15th-century Greek monastic brown goatskin over heavy cedar boards; in maroon morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1920.
Description
374 leaves (2 columns, 17 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 330 x 240 mm
Provenance
Sir Thomas Brooke (catalogue of manuscripts, 1891, I, p. 196); purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from H. Kevorkian in 1920.
Notes
Ms. Gospel lectionary; written and illuminated in Byzantium in the second half of the 11th century.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, 5 large and 12 small headpieces, ornamented intials throughout.
Script
cursive script
Language
Greek
Century
Classification