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Decorated Incipit Page
Unknownabout 1120–1140
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Majestically written in gold and silver, the opening of Luke's Gospel, Quo[niam] quide[m] multi conati sunt ordinare narrationem(Since many have attempted to arrange a narration...), sits upon a red-purple textile pattern surrounded by a frame of meander designs. This incipit faces the evangelist's portrait across the double-page spread.
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Details
- Title: Decorated Incipit Page
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1120–1140
- Location Created: Helmarshausen, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 22.9 × 16.5 cm (9 × 6 1/2 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold, and silver on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.MB.67.84
- Culture: German
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig II 3, fol. 84
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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