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Gospel Lectionary, Christ and John the Baptist baptizing, This is one of twenty-six known manuscripts by the hand of Luke the Cypriot (active 1583-1625), an accomplished Greek calligrapher who worked after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453). He copied it in 1594 at his episcopal see of Buzu (in Wallachia, now Romania) and soon took it to Moscow, where it was richly illustrated with New Testament scenes by a team of anonymous Russian artists. The book contains passages taken from the four Gospels and arranged in the order in which they are read out loud in church in the course of the year (hence its name Lectionary, from the Latin 'lectio,' reading). Short intructions in Slavonic accompany some of the miniatures, offering a glimpse of the painters' working process.

Gospel Lectionary, Christ and John the Baptist baptizing, This is one of twenty-six known manuscripts by the hand of Luke the Cypriot (active 1583-1625), an accomplished Greek calligrapher who worked after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453). He copied it in 1594 at his episcopal see of Buzu (in Wallachia, now Romania) and soon took it to Moscow, where it was richly illustrated with New Testament scenes by a team of anonymous Russian artists. The book contains passages taken from the four Gospels and arranged in the order in which they are read out loud in church in the course of the year (hence its name Lectionary, from the Latin 'lectio,' reading). Short intructions in Slavonic accompany some of the miniatures, offering a glimpse of the painters' working process.
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Gospel Lectionary, Christ and John the Baptist baptizing, This is one of twenty-six known manuscripts by the hand of Luke the Cypriot (active 1583-1625), an accomplished Greek calligrapher who worked after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453). He copied it in 1594 at his episcopal see of Buzu (in Wallachia, now Romania) and soon took it to Moscow, where it was richly illustrated with New Testament scenes by a team of anonymous Russian artists. The book contains passages taken from the four Gospels and arranged in the order in which they are read out loud in church in the course of the year (hence its name Lectionary, from the Latin 'lectio,' reading). Short intructions in Slavonic accompany some of the miniatures, offering a glimpse of the painters' working process.
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3227 x 5022 px | 46.4 MB
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27.3 x 42.5 cm | 10.8 x 16.7 in (300 dpi)
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' READING • 1453 • 1594 • ACCOMPLISHED GREEK CALLIGRAPHER • ACTIVE 1583-1625 • ANONYMOUS RUSSIAN ARTISTS • ARRANGED • BAPTISM • BAPTIST BAPTIZING • BIBLE • BIBLE; • BIBLIA • BIBLICAL • BINDING • BOOK CONTAINS PASSAGES • BOOK • BOOKBINDING • BUZU • BYZANTINE • CHRIST • CHRISTIAN • CHURCH • CODEX • COLOPHON • CONSTANTINOPLE • COPIED • COURSE • CYPRIOT • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • ECCLESIA • EPISCOPAL SEE • FOUR GOSPELS • GLIMPSE • GOSPEL LECTIONARY • GOSPELS • HAND • HENCE • ILLUMINATION • ILLUSTRATION • INVENTIVE • JESUS C • JESUS CHRIST • JESUS CHRISTUS • JESUS • JOHN • LATIN 'LECTIO • LECTIONARY • LIBRO • LITURGICAL • LITURGY • LUKE • MANUSCRIPT • MANUSCRIPTS • MINIATURES • MOSCOW • NAME LECTIONARY • NEW TESTAMENT SCENES • NOW ROMANIA • OFFERING • OLD TESTAMENT • ORDER • ORIGINAL • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • OTTOMAN CONQUEST • OTTOMAN • PAINT • PAINTERS' WORKING PROCESS • PAINTING • READ OUT LOUD • RICHLY ILLUSTRATED • ROMANIA • RUSIA • RUSSIA • SCRIPTURAL • SCRIPTURE • SHORT INTRUCTIONS • SLAVONIC ACCOMPANY • SOON • TEAM • TWENTY-SIX • WALLACHIA • WATERMARK • WORKED • YEAR