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Mich. Ms. 172. Front cover; note decoration, abrasion, and, difficult to see, the intentional hole in the center of the cover. There is a glint of…
Mich. Ms. 172. Inside of back cover; note two hinging stations drilled near the spine, three recesses cut into the wood at head and fore edge,…
Mich. Ms. 172. Spine; note the losses of leather, the dark indigo blue of the cloth lining, and the traditional headbands.
Mich. Ms. 17. Fol. 107v. Headpiece for the readings of the Holy Week; note the epsilon decorated with a blessing hand.
The image on display is 1r, which shows the opening headpiece of a 174-folio Euchologion, the main liturgical book of the Byzantine Church, which…
Mich. Ms. 22. Fol. 39r; Gospel of Matthew; note that the script shares the features of an early Perlschrift, "pearls on a string," shown by its…
[Antiphonal] [manuscript].
Large folio, wooden boards covered with red leather, metal corners, remain of clasps.
On vellum with illuminations.
Large folio, wooden boards covered with red leather, metal corners, remain of clasps.
On vellum with illuminations.
Mich. Ms. 24. The repair cloth crosses the spine, a coarser weave than the thin, fineweave silk fragments visible on the front and back…