Mich. Ms. 30: Gospels: front cover

Item Data

Date

<Northern Greece>, dated by colophon May 31, 1430.

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, 77-83. Plate 83.

Julia Miller. Tradition and Individuality: Bindings from the University of Michigan Greek Manuscript Collection. Introduction by Pablo Alvarez. With contributions by Kyle Clark. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021, 136-137. Figs. 2.59-63.

Description

The image on display shows the front cover, from a 424-folio manuscript of the Gospels and excerpts of patristic commentaries.

Niketas Seides, Conspectus Librorum Sacrorum, excerpts.
Niketas David Paphlagon, In Lucam Evangelistam.
St. Athanasios of Alexandria, Quaestiones ad Antiochum Ducem (Sp.), excerpt.
Excerpts from patristic commentaries (John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Olympiodoros of Alexandria, Neilos of Ankyra, Gregory of Nyssa, and Teodoret of Cyrrhus).

Format

Wooden boards, 12 mm. thick. 198 x 140 x 105 mm.