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Add MS 5112/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003389550
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002227712
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100051252238.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165150677.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5112/1
- Title:
- Portrait of St Luke the Evangelist
- Scope & Content:
- Portrait of St Luke the Evangelist. Originally Add MS 5112, f. 3. Housed in a separate volume.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002227712
040-003389550 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5111-5112 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 438; Scrivener evan. 438; von Soden ε 241), in two volumes
Add MS 5112/1 : Portrait of St Luke the Evangelist - Hierarchy:
- 032-002227712[0008]/040-003389550
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5111-5112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165150677.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: f. 3.
Dimensions: 250 x 190 mm.
Binding: Housed in a separate volume.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Constantinople(?). Originally executed to form part of a set for a gospel book of exceptionally large size. Later cut down to form part of another 12th-century gospel book now Add MS 5112.
Provenance: Acquired as part of Add MS 5112 at the Monastery of Simonopetra in Mount Athos by Antonios Trifillis and later by Anthony Askew (1722-1774). Purchased at Askew's sale, 15 March 1785, lot 622.
- Former Internal References:
- Add MS 5112, f. 3
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_5112/1
- Publications:
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K. Weitzmann, "Constantinopolitan Book Illumination of the Period of the Latin Conquest," Gazette des Beaux Arts 25, ser. 6 (April, 1944), 193—214: 212. n. 71.
D. Buckton (ed.), Byzantium. Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections (London, 1994), pp. 77-8, figs 70.
Mika Tagikuchi, “Some Greek Gospel Manuscripts in the British Library: Examples of the Byzantine Book as Holy Receptacle and Bearer of Hidden Meaning,” The Electronic British Library Journal 2011, pp. 2-5 http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2011articles/articles.html
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)