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W.529, Gospel Book

Abstract

Even though this volume contains the continuous text of the four Gospels, it is written in two columns, like a Gospel lectionary (e.g., W.520 and W.535). The leaves with Evangelist portraits are dyed red, in imitation of the very expensive purple-dyed parchment occasionally used in the fifth through ninth centuries. The style of the script, ornament, and images is a bit unusual, which makes it unclear whether the book was produced in the capital, Constantinople, or in some other part of the Byzantine Empire. A somewhat similar manuscript (Bucharest, Library of the Romanian Academy, Greek 1175) is now available in digitized form at www.e-corpus.org/fre/notices/141347-Tetraevangile.html. Unfortunately W.529 is too fragile to be fully digitized at this time, therefore only the binding has been imaged.

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Persistent URLs (PURLs)

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1. Upper board outside

   
   • W529_000001_965.tif
     Size: 298.5 MB (313,028,419 bytes)
   • W529_000001_300.tif
     Size: 24.1 MB (25,309,101 bytes)
   • W529_000001_sap.jpg
     Size: 791.5 kB (810,530 bytes)
   • W529_000001_thumb.jpg
     Size: 12.3 kB (12,592 bytes)

2. Upper board inside

   
   • W529_000002_600.tif
     Size: 111.4 MB (116,821,803 bytes)
   • W529_000002_300.tif
     Size: 22.5 MB (23,620,595 bytes)
   • W529_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 528.5 kB (541,147 bytes)
   • W529_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 9.1 kB (9,343 bytes)

3. Lower board inside

   
   • W529_000603_600.tif
     Size: 111.6 MB (117,068,833 bytes)
   • W529_000603_300.tif
     Size: 22.6 MB (23,695,569 bytes)
   • W529_000603_sap.jpg
     Size: 470.7 kB (481,987 bytes)
   • W529_000603_thumb.jpg
     Size: 7.9 kB (8,107 bytes)

4. Lower board outside

   
   • W529_000604_965.tif
     Size: 316.0 MB (331,361,077 bytes)
   • W529_000604_300.tif
     Size: 25.0 MB (26,190,159 bytes)
   • W529_000604_sap.jpg
     Size: 795.2 kB (814,245 bytes)
   • W529_000604_thumb.jpg
     Size: 12.5 kB (12,796 bytes)

5. Spine

   
   • W529_000605_1200.tif
     Size: 272.9 MB (286,153,235 bytes)
   • W529_000605_300.tif
     Size: 20.8 MB (21,812,483 bytes)
   • W529_000605_sap.jpg
     Size: 410.6 kB (420,439 bytes)
   • W529_000605_thumb.jpg
     Size: 6.5 kB (6,659 bytes)

6. Fore-edge

   
   • W529_000606_1200.tif
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   • W529_000606_300.tif
     Size: 20.4 MB (21,347,359 bytes)
   • W529_000606_sap.jpg
     Size: 457.0 kB (467,974 bytes)
   • W529_000606_thumb.jpg
     Size: 7.6 kB (7,768 bytes)

7. Head

   
   • W529_000607_1200.tif
     Size: 272.3 MB (285,520,967 bytes)
   • W529_000607_300.tif
     Size: 19.6 MB (20,567,459 bytes)
   • W529_000607_sap.jpg
     Size: 515.6 kB (527,940 bytes)
   • W529_000607_thumb.jpg
     Size: 9.1 kB (9,364 bytes)

8. Tail

   
   • W529_000608_1200.tif
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   • W529_000608_300.tif
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   • W529_000608_sap.jpg
     Size: 521.2 kB (533,724 bytes)
   • W529_000608_thumb.jpg
     Size: 9.2 kB (9,432 bytes)