Gospel Book with Commentaries
c. 1000–1100
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Gospel Book with Commentaries, c. 1000–1100. Byzantium, Constantinople, 11th century. Ink, tempera, gold and vellum; leather binding; sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.152 Gospel Books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, gold and vellum; leather binding
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.152
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illumination, Greek and Byzantine Manuscripts, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, (1947); no. 704, pl. XCIX.<br> <br>Princeton University, (March 9, - May 31, 1973).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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