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Kokkinobaphos Master (Artist)
2nd quarter 12th century
ink and pigments on good quality parchment
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )

This author portrait once preceded the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in a Gospel Book in Mount Athos at the Monastery of Great Lavra. They are attributable to the leading book illuminator in Constantinople during the second quarter of the twelfth century. His real name is unknown, and he has been conventionally named the Kokkinobaphos Master.

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[Folios 1bis and 117bis in Mount Athos, Great Lavra MS A44]; Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2014 Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes (Traveling Exhibition). The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino.
2004 Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1996 To Arrest the Ravages of Time: Caring for Art at the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1990 From Romanesque to Gothic: Illumination in Transition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1984-1985 Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1977-1978 Splendor in Books. Grolier Club, New York; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1974 Medieval Art, 1060-1550. University Art Gallery, South Bend.
1947 Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.
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Constantinople (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 8 7/8 x W: 6 in. (22.6 x 15.3 cm); Mat H: 19 1/4 x W: 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm); Travel frame H: 21 3/4 x W: 16 3/4 x D: 1 1/4 in. (55.25 x 42.55 x 3.18 cm

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

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.530.D

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Seven Leaves from Various Manuscripts (see W.530.A; W.530.B; W.530.C; W.530.D; W.530.E; W.530.F; W.530.GR; W.530.GV)

Kokkinobaphos Master
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