Pontifical

Description This manuscript contains liturgical prayers for the use of a bishop. It is among the first known works of one of the most prominent Greek scribes of the Ottoman period, Metropolitan Matthew of Myra (fl. 1596-1624). If the manuscript ever contained a note with his name, this is now lost, but the peculiar handwriting is clearly attributable to his hand.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/23/1986	Treatment	stabilized; repaired

Exhibitions

• Byzantine Gold: Illumination in Greek Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1986.
• The Cross and the Crescent: Books from the Ottoman Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters