Mich. Ms. 21: Gospels: Gospel of Mark

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Item Data

Date: First half of the 12th century CE.
Item Source: Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann. Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (with the collaboration of Pablo Alvarez). Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021, 46-49. Plate 46.
Description: Mich. Ms. 21. Fol. 73r; note the headpiece displaying floral and palmette motifs on a gold background; see also the ornamental initial alpha opening the Gospel of Mark.
Format: Parchment, 165–170 × 135–140 mm.