# Homilies of St. Gregory of Nazianzus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Greek]() - Date: 0851-0900 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. gr. 510\), 435 x 300 mm ## Commentary Homilies of St. Gregory of Nazianzus 879-83 Manuscript \(Ms. gr. 510\), 435 x 300 mm Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Gregory of Nazianzus \(c. 329-390\), also known as Gregory the Theologian, was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople, and theologician. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. This manuscript of 465 folios, containing his homilies, was ordered for the Emperor Basil I the Macedonian \(reigned 867-886\). It is illustrated with 46 full-page miniatures. The miniature on folio 409v depicts the story of Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. ## Related artworks - [Bible of Leo the Patrician]() - [Codex Purpureus Rossanensis \(Rossano Gospels\)]() - [Codex Purpureus Rossanensis \(Rossano Gospels\)]() - [Codex Purpureus Rossanensis \(Rossano Gospels\)]() - [Collection of Medical Texts]() - [Collection of Medical Texts]() - [Evangeliary]() - [Gospel Book]() - [Gospel Book]() - [Homer: Iliad]() - [Homilies of Ioannes Chrysostomos]() - [Illustrated initial]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()