Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke
1057–1063
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke, 1057–1063. Byzantium, Constantinople, 11th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; sheet: 28.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1511 Commissioning a lectionary was a way for patrons to show their devotion to a particular church.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.1511
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Early Christian and Medieval Art, The World of Miniature Painting, Byzantine Manuscript Illumination, Byzantine Art: A European Art, Greek and Byzantine Manuscripts, Gifts from the Byzantine Court, When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, The Glory of Byzantium, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Byzantine Art, A European Art, Council of Europe, Athens, April 1 - June 15, 1964; cat. no. 309.<br><br>Greek Manuscripts from American Collections: An Exhibition in Honor of Kurt Weitzmann, University Art Museum, Princeton, 1973., Exposition d'Art Byzantin, Paris, (March 28 - July 1931); cat. no. 653. (Phanar Gospel with the Mark and John still in it)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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