Accession number
MS M.423
Object title
Gospel lectionary (MS M.423).
Created
Italy, perhaps in Capua, 1299.
Binding
Formerly bound in German 19th-century stamped calf with ciselée Crucifixion on the upper cover and two brass clasps; rearranged and rebound in brown levant morocco and heavy boards by Marguerite Duprez Lahey in May 1933; lettered: Lectionary - Greek - 1299 A.D.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), 1910.
Description
215 leaves (2 columns, 27-28 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 270 x 200 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. Gospel lectionary; written, illustrated, and decorated in southern Italy, perhaps in Capua, in 1299.
Execution date is inferred from the Easter Table.
Decoration: 4 full-page drawings in brown ink; decorative headpieces throughout the text.
The illumination of M.423 is unfinished. The miniature on fol. 2r (Christ, the Virgin, and John Baptist) is unfinished.
The miniature of Evangelist Matthew is missing.
Execution date is inferred from the Easter Table.
Decoration: 4 full-page drawings in brown ink; decorative headpieces throughout the text.
The illumination of M.423 is unfinished. The miniature on fol. 2r (Christ, the Virgin, and John Baptist) is unfinished.
The miniature of Evangelist Matthew is missing.
Script
minuscule
Language
Greek
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