Mich. Ms. 14: John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts: opening headpiece

Item Data

Date

End of the 9th or first quarter 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, 21-27. Plate 22

Description

Mich. Ms. 14. Fol. 1r; opening headpiece of the Homilies to the Acts: a portrait of St. Luke; drawn in magenta ink, the portrait is surrounded by a wide frame, whose upper part has the shape of an arc supported by two Corinthian columns.

Format

Parchment, 426 fols; 380-383 x 260 mm.