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Gospel book (MS M.378).

Accession number
MS M.378
Object title
Gospel book (MS M.378).
Created
Greece, perhaps Mount Athos, 13th cent.
Binding
Greek monastic 16th-century black calf over boards, blind tooled; in center of upper cover is a cross flanked by the letters IC, XC, and NK; inside covers are lined with sheets from a printed Greek liturgy.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description
220 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 284 x 214 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Badin in 1909; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. Gospel book; written and illuminated in the 13th century, perhaps Mount Athos in Greece.
Decoration: four full-page miniatures (Evangelist portraits); ornamental title heads.
Script
heavy black cursive
Language
Greek
Century
Classification