The illustration of the Gospel Book "Vind. theol. gr. 154"
The late eleventh-century Gospel book Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 154 is one of a handful of examples with marginal or interlinear illustration. Through a consideration of the locations of the miniatures in the Gospels, as well as of their simple, unadorned compositions, t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Orientalia christiana periodica
Year: 2024, Volume: 90, Issue: 2, Pages: 305-315 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Illustration
/ Lectionary
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| IxTheo Classification: | CE Christian art HC New Testament KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages RC Liturgy |
| Summary: | The late eleventh-century Gospel book Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 154 is one of a handful of examples with marginal or interlinear illustration. Through a consideration of the locations of the miniatures in the Gospels, as well as of their simple, unadorned compositions, the author argues that the choice of subjects and passages is one based on a Gospel lectionary. The choice, he speculates, was not intended to remind the reader of the service book, but to simply present him a group of representative and significant subjects with which the illuminator was familiar. |
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| Physical Description: | 5 Illustrationen (farbig) |
| ISSN: | 0030-5375 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Orientalia christiana periodica
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