Lectionary leaf with the Saint Luke

Published/Created:

Constantinople
ca. 1057-1063

Physical Description:

28.9 x 22.6 cm

Materials:

tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Notes:

This leaf originally belonged to a lectionary presented to the Holy Trinity Monastery in Chalke in 1063 by the Empress Aikaterine Komnene. Cleveland Museum of Art, 42.1511.

Topics:

Manuscripts -- Byzantine -- 11th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Middle Byzantine

Accession Number:

M5021_0002_090

Genre:

illuminated manuscripts (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts
Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Glory of Byzantium--228796

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 201965

OID:

472497

PID:

digcoll:2085974