03 — ARTWORK
Gospel Book (fragment)
- MEDIUM
- Manuscript (Cod. Sang. 1395), 230 x 185 mm
- TYPE
- Religious
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COMMENTARY
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Gospel Book (fragment) 8th century Manuscriptcollective term for books or other documents written by hand; in a specific sense, the hand-written medieval book, the Codex manuscriptus, often ornamented with decorative borders, illuminated initials and miniatures, and containing works of ancient philosophy or scholarly, ecclesiastical, and literary texts. Manuscripts were usually produced on commission. At first the scriptoria (writing rooms) of monasteries transcribed the contents of famous manuscripts and made copies. Monastic communities in the Netherlands and northern Germany began producing manuscripts around 1383/84. Flanders, Burgundy, and in particular Paris became major centres for the mass production of breviaries (prayer books) and Books of Hours. (Cod. Sang. 1395), 230 x 185 mm Stiftsbibliothek, Abbey of St. Gall, St. Gallen
The Codex Sangallensis 1395 in the Stiftsbibliothek of the Abbey of St. Gall is a nineteenth-century compilation of fragments. The picture shows the only surviving leaf (page 418) from a lost Irish Gospel Book from the eightGroup of American painters who exhibited together only once, in New York City in 1908, but who established one of the main currents in 20th-century American painting. The original Eight included Robert Henri, leader of the group, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast, George Luks, and William J. Glackens. George Bellows later joined them. The group’s determination to bring art into closer touch with everyday life greatly influenced the course of American art. or ninth century. It represents the miniatureTerm originally applied to the art of manuscript illumination but later used of paintings, usually portraits, executed on a very small scale. The earliest miniaturists (16th century) continued to use the materials of the illuminators, painting in gouache on vellum or card. of St Matthew. On the verso of the leaf are magical charms written partly in Old Irish.
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