Accession number:
MS M.774
Title:
Gospel Book
Created:
Syria, 12th-13th centuries.
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1931.
Description:
1 leaf : ill. ; 260 x 150 mm
Notes:
Ms. single vellum leaf from a Gospel book; written and illuminated in Syria in the 12th or 13th century.
Text: Chapter I, verses 1-10 of Luke, in the Peschitta version.
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature of St. Luke.
Matted.
Script:
estrangela script
Language:
Syriac
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