# Gospel Book

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MINIATURIST, Greek](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-greek-r8e9274434bd3d3>)
- Date: 0951-1000
- Technique: Manuscript \(Gr. 1\)

## Commentary

This manuscript is one of the finest examples of the third phase \(tenth-twelfth centuries\) of Byzantine art. The iconography is typical of Gospel Books of this period: the Evangelists are represented on the page preceding the text, seated either in the process of writing or meditating, and set against a gold ground. Folio 11v shows Matthew, seated on a stool with a pink cushion, writing in a large book resting on his knees. There were originally miniatures showing all four Evangelists, but only three remain, the one for Luke is lost.

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- [Codex Purpureus Rossanensis \(Rossano Gospels\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-greek-r8e9274434bd3d3/codex-purpureus-rossanensis-rossano-gospels-r18217cb83ef816>)
- [Codex Purpureus Rossanensis \(Rossano Gospels\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-greek-r8e9274434bd3d3/codex-purpureus-rossanensis-rossano-gospels-r5d1810f6dfe6c6>)
- [Codex Purpureus Rossanensis \(Rossano Gospels\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-greek-r8e9274434bd3d3/codex-purpureus-rossanensis-rossano-gospels-rdb0d62fca352c0>)
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- [Illustrated initial](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-greek-r8e9274434bd3d3/illustrated-initial-rbc26f36ff1a12b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)