Walters Ms. W.525, New Testament New Testament Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340 Principal cataloger Parpulov, Georgi R. Editor Herbert, Lynley Editor Noel, William Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Joyal, Stephanie Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This small, densely written volume of the New Testament was evidently made for personal reading. It represents high-level manuscript production in the first decades of the late Byzantine period. ca. 1300. By 1628, it is known to have been in the Chilandari Monastery, or one of its dependencies, on Mount Athos. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.525 The primary language in this manuscript is Greek, Ancient (to 1453). 1r - 353v New Testament Fols. 1v–2r: Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus; fols. 3r–7v: Canon tables; fols. 8r–v: Chapters list for the Gospel of Matthew; fols. 10r–54v: Gospel of Matthew; fols. 55r–v: Chapters list for the Gospel of Mark; fols. 57r–85r: Gospel of Mark; fols. 85v–86v: Chapters list for the Gospel of Luke; fols. 88r–137r: Gospel of Luke; fol. 137r: Chapters list for the Gospel of John; fols. 139r–171v: Gospel of John; fols. 172r–181r: List of Gospel readings for the movable feasts; fols. 181v–191r: List of Gospel readings for the immovable feasts; fols. 192r–236v: Acts of the Apostles; fols. 236v-253r: Catholic Epistles; fols. 236v–240r: James; fols. 240r–244r: I Peter; fols. 244r–246v: II Peter; fols. 246v–251r: I John; fols. 251r–v: II John; fols. 251v–252r: III John; fols. 252r–253r: Jude; fols. 253r-340r: Pauline Epistles; fols. 253r–268v: Romans; fols. 268v–283v: I Corinthians; fols. 284r–294r: II Corinthians; fols. 294v–299v: Galatians; fols. 299v–305r: Ephesians; fols. 305r–308v: Philippians; fols. 309r–312v: Colossians; fols. 312v–316r: I Thessalonians; fols. 316r–317v: II Thessalonians; fols. 318r–322r: I Timothy; fols. 322r–325r: II Timothy; fols. 325r–326v: Titus; fols. 327r–v: Philemon; fols. 327v–340r: Hebrews; fols. 342r–346r: List of Acts and Epistles readings for the movable feasts; fols. 346r–352v: List of Acts and Epistles readings for the immovable feasts

Medium-weight, cream-colored parchment

 Foliation: iii+352+ii16.5 11.5 10.5 6.2 Foliated in pencil at top right corner

1(8), 2(2,-2), 3-7(8), 8(6), 9(2,-2), 10-12(8), 13(6), 14(2,-2), 15-19(8), 20(10), 21(2,-2), 22-24(8), 25(10,-10), 26-27(8), 28(4), 29-46(8), 47(6), 48(8) 49(2,-2), 50(2,-2), 51(2,-2) In Greek numerals, at the start of each quire, at the lower outside corner; in brown ink (in roughly the first half) and vermilion (in roughly the second) None All miniatures, as well as fols. 163, 350, 351, and 352 are singletons; quires begin on fols. 1(1), 9(2), 10(3), 18(4), 26(5), 34(6), 42(7), 50(8), 56(9), 57(10), 65(11), 73(12), 81(13), 87(14), 88(15), 96(16), 104(17), 112(18), 120(19), 128(20), 138(21), 139(22), 147(23), 155(24), 163(25), 172(26), 180(27), 188(28), 192(29), 200(30), 208(31), 216(32), 224(33), 232(34), 240(35), 248(36), 256(37), 264(38), 272(39), 280(40), 288(41), 296(42), 304(43), 312(44), 320(45), 328(46), 336(47), 342(48), 350(49), 351(50), 352(51)

 One hand throughout Evangelist Matthew Full-page miniature

The inscription reads "St. Matthew" in Greek.

The front of the Evangelist's face and the lower part of his tunic were overpainted in the early twentieth century (they must have been damaged).

 Title page of the Gospel of Matthew Matthew 1:1-9 Ornamental headpiece Evangelist Mark Full-page miniature

The inscription reads "St. Mark" in Greek.

 Title page of the Gospel of Mark Mark 1:1-8 Ornamental headpiece Evangelist Luke Luke 1:1 (on the book in front of the Evangelist) Full-page miniature Title page of the Gospel of Luke Luke 1:1-8 Ornamental headpiece Evangelist John Full-page miniature

The inscription reads "St. John the Theologian" in Greek.

 Title page of the Gospel of John John 1:1-12 Ornamental headpiece Title page of the Acts of the Apostles Acts 1:1-8 Ornamental headpiece

Early twentieth-century binding by Léon Gruel, Paris; brown morocco with gilt silver studs along the edges, small gilt silver corner bosses of cherubim, blind-stamped symbols of the Evangelists in neo-Gothic style on both covers, two gilt silver clasps (lower one now missing), spine with five raised bands and the name “Gruel” stamped in gold at the bottom, two paper flyleaves on each side (watermarked with a Britannia inside an oval)

 Ca. 1300 CE Probably Constantinople (modern Istanbul) In the Chilandari Monastery (or one of its dependencies), Mount Athos, ca. 1628 Léon Gruel, Paris (his no. 1482) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Clark, K.W. A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937, pp. 353–357, with pl. lvii. Berkowitz, D.S. In Remembrance of Creation: Evolution of Art and Scholarship in the Medieval and Renaissance Bible. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 1968, p. 23, cat. no. 9. The Year 1200: A Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1: Catalogue, ed. K. Hoffman. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, pp. 296-297, cat. no. 290. Buchthal, H., and H. Belting, Patronage in Thirteenth-Century Constantinople: An Atelier of Late Byzantine Book Illumination and Calligraphy. Dumbarton Oaks Studies 16. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1978, pp. 109–110, with pls. 5–7. Parpulov, G.R. “A Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum.” Journal of the Walters Art Museum 62 (2004): pp. 71-189, pp. 96-99, p. 152 (fols. 251v-252r, fol. 341). Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Bible Byzantine Christian Book Codex Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum 13th century Scripture Binding Greece Turkey 14th century Gospels Science Science -- Medicine