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Object Details
Title:
Decorated Text Page
Artist/Maker:
Unknown
Culture:
Byzantine
Place:
Constantinople, Turkey (Place Created)
Date:
late 13th century
Medium:
Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold ink, and ink on parchment
Object Number:
Ms. 65 (98.MB.151), fol. 104
Dimensions:
Leaf: 21 × 14.9 cm (8 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
Object Description
A decorative headpiece frames an inscription identifying the following text as the Gospel of Saint Mark. The anonymous scribe wrote the Greek heading in a stylized display script, employing monograms and abbreviations that are visually pleasing but a bit difficult to decipher. Indeed, a reader of the manuscript transcribed the text in the upper margin in a more easily legible script. Following the large letter alpha, the scribe used a minuscule script for the Gospel text.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Illuminating Color (May 22 to August 26, 2001)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), May 22 to August 26, 2001
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557) (March 15 to July 5, 2004)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), March 15 to July 5, 2004
Byzantium and the West (September 14 to December 5, 2004)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), September 14 to December 5, 2004
The Gospels in Medieval Manuscript Illumination (October 31, 2006 to January 7, 2007)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), October 31, 2006 to January 7, 2007
Rare Finds: Ten Years of Collecting Manuscripts (February 12 to April 20, 2008)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), February 12 to April 20, 2008
"In the Beginning was the Word": Medieval Gospel Illumination (August 30 to November 27, 2011)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), August 30 to November 27, 2011