id:			121709
accession number:	1942.152.132.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.152.132.a
updated:		2023-03-07 15:13:51.367000

Gospel Book with Commentaries: Portrait of Mark, 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 1942.152.132.a

title:				Gospel Book with Commentaries: Portrait of Mark
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creation date:			c. 1000–1100
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1100
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Constantinople, 11th century
technique:	ink, tempera, gold and vellum; leather binding
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
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Each of the four gospels in this book opens on a page with brilliantly illuminated borders depicting the author of the text as well as birds-principally peacocks, symbols of the immortality of the soul-and fountains, representing the fountain of life and the salvation of the soul. This volume consists of 428 leaves with texts in Greek. Its level of sophistication suggests that it was probably written and decorated in a monastery in Constantinople.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n64

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n62

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 42
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n62

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