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Mich. Ms. 4: Gospels: fragment of the Gospel according to Mark

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Item Data

Date
First half of the 10th 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, 1-3. Plate 2.
Description
Mich. Ms. 4. Fol. 14r; fragment of the Gospel according to Mark, beginning in 9:12; note the script, a minuscule bouletée, which means that the rounded shape of the letters recall that of blobs or boules; on the margins there are Ammonian section and Eusebian canon numbers in magenta ink; see the chapter title on top of the page, written with magenta ink in hollow-bar majuscules filled with alternating violet and light green pigment. 
Format
Parchment, fols. 20; 280 x 195-200 mm.