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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
Dimensions:
Leaf: 21 x 14.9 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
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.
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