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Frontispiece for the Gospel of Luke

German (Artist)
ca. 950-975 (Ottonian)
ink and pigments on thick parchment, with suede surface on flesh side
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Written in the Monastery of Corvey on the Weser River in Germany ca. 940-975, during the reign of Otto I [based on style and paleography]; [Originally part of a Gospel Book belonging to the Chapter Library of the Cathedral of Rheims until the French Revolution, now Ms. 10 in the Rheims Municipal Library]; Sir Thomas Phillips, London, ca. 1855 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Ms. 14122, noted on bottom of fol. 1r]; A. Chester Beatty, December 1920, acquired privately from Phillips collection; Walters Art Museum, October 1952, by purchase [from Mrs. Chester Beatty through Maggs Brothers].

Exhibitions

2009 The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2004 Illuminating the Word: Gospel Books in the Middle Ages. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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Geographies

Germany, Corvey (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 12 5/16 x W: 9 1/2 in. (31.2 x 24.2 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, 1952

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.751.1V

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Corvey Gospel fragment

German
ca. 950-975 (Ottonian)
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