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Armenian Manuscript Bifolium

15th century
Not on view
Canon tables, a widely used comparative index to the gospels, were developed by Eusebius of Caesarea for his pupil Carpianus who appears in the headpiece of the explanatory page on the right. When bound, the tables on the left would have been one of the following index pages.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Armenian Manuscript Bifolium
  • Artist: Illuminator Minas (?) (active in region of Vaspurakan (now eastern Türkiye))
  • Date: 15th century
  • Culture: Armenian
  • Medium: Tempera and gold leaf on paper
  • Dimensions: bifolio: 6 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (16.2 × 26.6 cm)
    Other (folio): 6 3/8 × 5 1/4 in. (16.2 × 13.3 cm)
    Mat: 4 5/16 × 5 1/2 in. (11 × 14 cm)
  • Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations
  • Credit Line: Gift of Linda Barker and Lore Hilburg, in memory of their mother, Judith E. Hilburg, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.740
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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