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Saint Mark
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Byzantium and Early Russia)
This author portrait once preceded the Lenten readings (mostly taken from the Gospel of Mark) in a Gospel lectionary now in Athens, National Library of Greece MS 2552. The Evangelist has momentarily paused writing and raises a hand to his chin in a conventional gesture signifying thought. On the desk in front of him lie a pair of compasses, used for ruling the parchment pages before writing on them, and an inkwell.
Provenance
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Serres, St. John Prodromos Monastery [MS A3]; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2011-2012 | Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2004 | Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
| 2004 | Illuminating the Word: Gospel Books in the Middle Ages. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1999-2000 | Eureka! The Archimedes Palimpsest. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; The Field Museum, Chicago. |
| 1997 | The Glory of Byzantium. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
| 1990-1991 | The Book and the Author: Portraits of the Evangelists in Eastern and Western Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1984-1985 | Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1973 | Illuminated Greek Manuscripts from American Collections; An Exhibition in Honor of Kurt Weitzmann. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton. |
| 1963 | The Hebrew Bible in Christian, Jewish & Muslim Art. The Jewish Museum, New York. |
| 1963 | Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the 10th to the Early 15th Centuries. University Art Gallery, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley. |
| 1961-1962 | From Icon to Image: Byzantine Influence on Pre-Renaissance Art in the East and West. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford. |
| 1957 | Byzantine Manuscript Illumination. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin. |
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 10 5/8 × W: 7 1/2 in. (27 × 19 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.530.A
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