Gospels — 13th century; Byzantine, Constantinople (?)
MS. Lyell 91
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gospels — 13th century; Byzantine, Constantinople (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 91
Place of origin
Byzantine, Constantinople (?)
Date
13th century
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Headpieces, initials, headings, marginal apparatus, etc. in carmine ink. (Hutter i. 50, Abb. 304–5)
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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