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The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary - Lowden, John - Yale University Press
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Oct 19, 2009
144 p., 8 1/2 x 11
2 b/w + 100 color illus.
ISBN: 9780300148992
ISBN-10: 0300148992
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Cloth: $30.00 sc
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- History
Art and Architecture
Religion
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Jaharis Gospel LectionaryThe Story of a Byzantine Book
Until 2008 the Jaharis Lectionary was a hidden treasure: an illuminated Byzantine manuscript that was almost entirely unknown, even to scholars. Superbly preserved, it is arguably the most important Byzantine work to come to the Metropolitan Museum’s renowned collection since the 1917 gifts of J. Pierpont Morgan. It represents the apogee of Constantinopolitan craftsmanship around the year 1100. In this important study, John Lowden, a leading expert on Byzantine manuscripts, discusses his discoveries about this extraordinary manuscript within the broader context of Byzantine book illumination. He traces the book’s history from its acquisition to its production in Constantinople. By detailed analysis and comparison, the author shows how the manuscript was made for use in the patriarchal church of Hagia Sophia.
John Lowden is Professor of the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
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