Walters Ms. W.530.D-E, The Evangelists Matthew and Mark from a Gospel Book Leaves from a Gospel Book artist Kokkinobaphos Master 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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 These two author portraits once preceded the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in a Gospel Book in Mount Athos, Monastery of Great Lavra MS A44. They are attributable to the leading book illuminator in Constantinople during the second quarter of the twelfth century. His real name is unknown, and he has been conventionally named the Kokkinobaphos Master. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.530.D-E The primary language in this manuscript is Greek, Ancient (to 1453). W.530.Dr - W.530.Ev Leaves from a Gospel Book Originally fols. 1bis and 117bis in Mount Athos, Great Lavra MS A44

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Two full-page miniatures St. Mark Gospel of Mark Full-page miniature St. Matthew Gospel of Matthew Full-page miniature Second quarter of the 12th century CE Constantinople (?) Fols. 1bis and 117bis in Mount Athos, Great Lavra MS A44 Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired from Léon Gruel before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Vikan, Gary, ed. Illuminated Greek Manuscripts from American Collections: An Exhibition in Honor of Kurt Weitzmann. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973, pp. 138-139, no. 36. Anderson, Jeffrey. “A Twelfth-Century Leaf From the Byzantine Courtly Circle in the Freer Gallery of Art (Freer 33.12).” Gesta 35, no. 2 (1996): 142-148, fig. 5, n. 9. Evans, Helen and William Wixom, eds. The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, pp. 94-95, no. 48. Parpulov, Georgi. “A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum.” Journal of the Walters Art Museum 62 (2004): 71-189. 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 Gospels Byzantine Christian Illumination Manuscript Miniature Painting Walters Art Museum 12th century Scripture Turkey