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Decorated Incipit Page
Unknownabout 1120–1140
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
With ornate letters framed by a geometrically patterned border, this page marks the beginning of Mark's Gospel: Initiu[m] evangelii Ih[es]u p[ist]i filii d[e]i sicut scriptu[m] est in Esaia propheta(The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as it was written in Isaiah the prophet...). A portrait of the evangelist Mark on the preceding page faces this richly decorated text page.
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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.67.52
- Culture: German
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig II 3, fol. 52
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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