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Decorated Incipit Page   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown – illuminator
Title
Decorated Incipit Page
title QS:P1476,en:"Decorated Incipit Page"
label QS:Len,"Decorated Incipit Page"
Object type Folio
Description
This page opens Saint John's Gospel with the words In principio erat verbu[m], et verbu[m] erat apud d[eu]m, et d[eu]s erat verbu[m]; hoc erat in principio apud d[eu]m (In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God; and the word was God; the same was in the beginning with God). The grand I on the left is the first and largest of the letters, followed by the N at the upper right. Decorated with leaves, vines, and filigree, the letters continue in descending scale. A design reminiscent of the appearance of expensive imported Byzantine silks provides a fitting background for the gold and silver letters. This lavish adornment of a page devoted entirely to words reinforces the text's message, that Christianity is a religion of the word.
Date about 1120 - 1140
Medium "Tempera colors, gold, and silver on parchment"
Dimensions height: 229 mm (9.01 in); width: 165 mm (6.49 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,229U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,165U174789
institution QS:P195,Q29247
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lido.getty.edu-gm-obj110054
Notes More info at museum site
Source/Photographer EQEuJwRLYbPKDA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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