Detail View: The AMICA Library: Leaf from the Epistle to the Hebrews

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1991.232.15
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description: 
This leaf, the first page of Saint Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews written in Greek, is decorated with a handsome rectangular headpiece and a letter topped with a portrait bust of the author. The leaf was originally part of a Praxapostolos, a text used only for the celebration of the Eucharist, which was copied by the scribe Joannes Koulix in 1101. Most of the remainder of the manuscript is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT: 
Byzantine
Title: 
Leaf from the Epistle to the Hebrews
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
12th century (1101)
Creation Start Date: 
1101
Creation End Date: 
1101
Materials and Techniques: 
Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment
Creation Place: 
Found in Meteora, Greece (before 1898)
Dimensions: 
8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 16 cm)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York
ID Number: 
1991.232.15
Credit Line: 
Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1991
Copyright: 
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.h1_1991.232.15.tif