Mich. Ms. 7: Gospel Lectionary, fragment

Item Data

Date

<Constantinople>, second half of the 11th century CE.

Item Source

Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann. Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (with the collaboration of Pablo Alvarez). Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021, 6-8. Plate 6.

Description

Fol. 8r; note the large epsilon on the bottom of the page, one of seven major initials throughout this fragment; they were executed in gold over magenta ink and highly ornamented.

Format

Parchment, 8 fols; 345-350 x 265-267 mm.