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Gospel of St. John.

Accession number
MS M.688b
Object title
Gospel of St. John.
Created
New York, New York, 1930-1939
Binding
Unbound in clamshell boxcase.
Credit line
Purchased from Mrs. John B. Walker, 1964.
Description
38 leaves (2 columns, 28 lines) : purple vellum, ill. ; 375 x 258 mm
Provenance
Mrs. John B. Walker, New York; purchased from Mrs. Walker in 1964.
Notes
Ms. gospel of St. John; written and illuminated in New York, United States, in the 1930s.
Text: portions of the first six chapters of the Gospel of St. John.
Decoration: calligraphic manuscript written in gold uncials on vellum stained with Tyrian purple, in the style of The Golden Gospels of Henry VIII, MS M.23.
Scribe and artist: Sister Olive Frances Rhinelander.
Script
uncials
Language
English
Century
Classification