Sujet

Decorated Incipit Page; Gospel Book, about 1120-1140. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Decorated Incipit Page; Gospel Book, about 1120-1140. Additional Info:With ornate letters framed by a geometrically patterned border, this page marks the beginning of Mark's Gospel: Initiu[m] evangelii Ih[es]u p[ist]i filii d[e]i sicut scriptu[m] est in Esaia propheta (The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as it was written in Isaiah the prophet...). A portrait of the evangelist Mark on the preceding page faces this richly decorated text page.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A72_135

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,4Mo (1,8Mo) / 28,3cm x 42,0cm / 3338 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany religious German arts country religion metal pattern book color brown design decoration decorative ornate medieval Greek Christian Christianity gold Greece text Byzantine location century alphabet geometric literature miniature concept decorated manuscript lettering geometrical Colour Patterned New Testament mediaeval Middle Ages Latin text gold leaf Byzantium gospel 12th century codex illuminated manuscript tempera vellum St Mark's Gospel manuscript Byzantine Empire Unknown gold Latin Script 1120s Folio letter N Heritage Art Gospel of Mark Mark's Gospel miniature (painting) folio recto incipit Decorated Initial Tempera colours gold and silver