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Saint Luke (cutting from a Greek Bible)
Byzantine
about 1200–25
Place of Manufacture: Byzantine Empire, Byzantium
Medium/Technique
Tempera on parchment
Dimensions
Overall (page dimensions): 21.5 x 15.7 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Other (illumination dimensions): 15.6 x 12.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Other (illumination dimensions): 15.6 x 12.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number19.118
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionCutting (single leaf with verso blank) from the opening of the Gospel of St. Luke in a Greek bible, with a portrait of the Evangelist Luke, dressed in a green tunic and purple mantle, seated on a low bench under an arch, writing the opening of his gospel on an open codex ("Epeidhper polloi epeceirhsan..."). His name is inscribed above. Text is in Greek.
ProvenanceBefore the early 20th century, removed from a Greek Bible. About 1900/1910, Henri Daguerre (bookdealer), Paris [see note 1]. About 1918, purchased by Bourgeois Galleries, New York; 1919, sold by Bourgeois Galleries to the MFA for $950. (Accession date: March 20, 1919)
NOTES:
[1] This is one of four evangelist portraits from the same Bible, which were owned by Daguerre.
NOTES:
[1] This is one of four evangelist portraits from the same Bible, which were owned by Daguerre.