Ornament and Status: Three Early Palaeologan Illuminated Manuscripts

Authors

  • Georgi Parpulov Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/ebizantinos.2023.11.2393

Keywords:

Vatican Epithalamion, Palaeography, Illuminated Manuscripts

Abstract

The ‘Vatican Epithalamion’ (BAV Vat. gr. 1851) was recently dated by Peter Schreiner to 1271 or 1272. In this paper, I present an additional argument for his dating by comparing the Epithalamion’s zoomorphic initial letters with those found in two other codices datable to the reign of Michael VIII Palaeologus: a Gospelbook (Mount Athos, Iviron Monastery, 5) and a Psalter (Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchal Library, Παναγίου Τάφου 51). This comparison suggests also that zoomorphic ornament functioned at the time as a marker of social status.

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2023-12-19

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Parpulov, G. (2023). Ornament and Status: Three Early Palaeologan Illuminated Manuscripts. Estudios Bizantinos, 11. https://doi.org/10.37536/ebizantinos.2023.11.2393

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