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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets: the gospel of Matthew.The writing is silver with extra large,square letters called "biblical capital". Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 45: the gospel of Matthew.The writing is silver with extra large,square letters called "biblical capital".Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 241: portrait of evangelist Mark,shown writing in the posture of a scribe. The figure of Sophia,wisdom,stands in front of Mark. Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

St.Mark sits writing;a winged lion hovers above him. From the Lindisfarne Gospels,thought to have been written and illuminated by Eadfrith,Bishop of Lindisfarne. Cott.Nero.D.IV.fol.93v
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St.Mark sits writing;a winged lion hovers above him. From the Lindisfarne Gospe...

Moses receives the Tablets of the Law,9th century.God hands the Ten Commandments to Moses on the mountain. Below, Moses shows the tablets to the Jews who stand in a room with arched windows with curtains at either side. From the Moutier-Grandval Bible. Add.10546,fol.25 v.
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Moses receives the Tablets of the Law,9th century.God hands the Ten Commandments...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1109.Famine,Plague, War and Death,represented by four men riding colourful horses.One rider has a set of scales,two hold swords and one has a bow and arrow.A demon or mythical beast waves its arms,lower right.From the Silos Apocalypse. Add 11695,fol.102 v. Apo 9: 13 - 16
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1109.Famine,Plague, War and Death,represen...

Aaron lighting the Menorah,around 1280.Aaron,stretching on his toes and pouring oil into the Menorah,the seven-branched candelabrum,with a Hebrew text below. From the "North French Miscellany" a Hebrew manuscript, written in Northern France by Benjamin the Scribe. Add 11639,fol.114 r
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Aaron lighting the Menorah,around 1280.Aaron,stretching on his toes and pouring...

Dante and Beatrice,around 1300-1321. The couple fly through the heavens towards Celestial Jerusalem. From the Divina Comedia by Dante Alighieri. Y.T.36,fol.184.
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Dante and Beatrice,around 1300-1321. The couple fly through the heavens towards...

Dante and Beatrice in the Heaven of the Moon, around 1350-1360. Beatrice points to the moon,depicted with a face,shining down on them from the heavens.From the "Divina Comedia" by Dante Alighieri. Eger.943,fol.130
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Dante and Beatrice in the Heaven of the Moon, around 1350-1360. Beatrice points...

Portrait of William III,around 1250-1299,seated beneath an arch holding a building.From the "Historia Anglorum" by Matthew Paris, a short history of England from 1070-1253 which included imaginary portraits of the Kings of England from William I to Henry III with representations of the principal churches founded by each.Roy.14.C.VII.fol.8 v
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Portrait of William III,around 1250-1299,seated beneath an arch holding a build...

King Henry II arguing with Saint Thomas Becket,around 1300-1325.Henry touches his left hand with his right forefinger as if admonishing Archbishop Becket,who stands holding his staff and gestures back. Becket was murdered by Henry's men in 1170. Illustrated page of Latin text,from "Chronicle of England" by Peter Langtoft.Roy.20.A.II,fol.7v
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King Henry II arguing with Saint Thomas Becket,around 1300-1325.Henry touches hi...

The murder of Saint Thomas Becket,around 1500-1550. Soldiers attack the Archbishop of Canterbury while he kneels at the altar.The composition is surrounded by a decorated border with flowers. From "King's 9 hours", Kings.9.fol.38 v.
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The murder of Saint Thomas Becket,around 1500-1550. Soldiers attack the Archbish...