The Evangelists and Their Symbols in the Drawings in the Greek Manuscript in Harvard: Houghton Library, Typ 215
The Evangelists and Their Symbols in the Drawings in the Greek Manuscript in Harvard: Houghton Library, Typ 215

Summary/Abstract: The poems that introduced each Gospel in this late 10th century manuscript were once replaced by drawings of the evangelists inspired by their symbols. The interest in this subject having appeared in late 11th century Byzantium may have caused the replacement of the verses with drawings, and, moreover, the immediate correction of the order of the symbols within them by an editor. The new order and compositions, defined by symbols, connect the drawings with miniatures of the 1090s to 1100s, designating them as one of the earliest works in the group.

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