Walters Ms. W.528, Gospel Book Gospel Book Principal cataloger Parpulov, Georgi R. Editor Herbert, Lynley Editor Noel, William Copy editor Joyal, Stephanie Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Emery, Doug 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 Gospel Book is representative of a large group of illuminated manuscripts produced during the second half of the twelfth century and possibly in the first decades after the Crusader conquest of Constantinople (1204). Its one surviving miniature was painted over in the twentieth century but retains some of its original character. Each Gospel opens with an exuberantly ornamented headpiece. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.528 The primary language in this manuscript is Greek, Ancient (to 1453). 1r - 234v Gospel Book Incomplete: fols. 2r-69v: Gospel of Matthew; fols. 70r-114v: Gospel of Mark, end lost, ends with Mark 16:17; fols. 116r-187v: Gospel of Luke, end lost, ends with Luke 24:29; fols. 188r-234v: Gospel of John, end lost, ends with John 18:31

Good quality, no significant defects

 Foliation: i+23323.0 16.5 14.7 9.8 Flyleaf included in foliation, and therefore runs through 234; foliation in pencil in upper right corners of rectos

1(8), 2(6), 3(8,-3,4), 4-6(8), 7(10,-2,9), 8(8), 9(10,-3,9), 10-14(8), 15(6,-6), 16(2,-2), 17-30(8), 31(8,-8) Often trimmed, on first folio of each quire, middle of upper margin, separately for each Gospel None Quires begin on fols. 2(1), 10(2), 16(3), 22(4), 30(5), 38(6), 46(7), 54(8), 62(9), 70(10), 78(11), 86(12), 94(13), 102(14), 110(15), 115(16), 116(17), 124(18), 132(19), 140(20), 148(21), 156(22), 164(23), 172(24), 180(25), 188(26), 196(27), 204(28), 212(29), 220(30), 228(31)

 Hardpoint ruling "Epsilon" style; written in one hand throughout Title page of the Gospel of Matthew Ornamented headpiece, zoomorphic initial Decorated tailpiece Ornament

Twentieth-century tailpiece

 Title page of the Gospel of Mark Ornamented headpiece, illuminated initial The Evangelist Luke Full-page miniature

St. Luke

Fol. 115 certainly belonged to the manuscript from an early date, and the faded inscription with the name of St. Luke above the frame is written in magenta ink and perhaps in the scribe’s hand. The miniature, however, is almost entirely painted over. Its colors differ noticeably from those used in the four headpieces and initials, which are original to the volume.

 Title page of the Gospel of Luke Ornamented headpiece, zoomorphic initial Title page of the Gospel of John Ornamented headpiece, zoomorphic initial

Greek; perhaps seventeenth-century; tooled brown goatskin over grooved boards, with prominent brown calf repairs on exterior of upper and lower boards; many quires fortified with paper at gutter; raised endbands; paper pastedowns; parchment flyleaf, probably added by Leon Gruel (foliated as fol. 1); traces of pins and fastening braids

 Early 13th century CE Byzantine Empire Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works K. W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago, 1937), 358–359 O. Demus, “Studien zur byzantinischen Buchmalerei des 13. Jahrhunderts,” Jahrbuch der Österreichischen byzantinischen Gesellschaft 9 (1960), 77–89, esp. 80–84 H. Buchthal, “Studies in Byzantine Illumination of the Thirteenth Century,” Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 25 (1983), 27–102, esp. 68–70 A. W. Carr, Byzantine Illumination 1150–1250: The Study of a Provincial Tradition (Chicago and London, 1987), 210 G. R. Parpulov, “A Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts of the Walters Art Museum”, Journal of the Walters Art Museum 62 (2004), 71-189, esp. 104-106 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 Book Christian Codex Colophon Illumination Scripture Walters Art Museum Byzantine Gospels Manuscript Greece 13th century Bible 12th century