Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament / Artist Unknown, Armenia
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.162
- Title
- Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Armenia
- Artist Nationality
- Armenian
- Medium and Support
- ink on glazed paper
- Object Creation Date
- early 15th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Armenia (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Armenia (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- medieval
- Dimensions
- 38.4 cm x 25.5 cm (15 1/8 in. x 10 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Primary Object Type
- manuscript
- Secondary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Secondary Object Type
- leaf
- Physical Description
- This page from a manuscript features two columns of text written in Armenian. An animal-shaped initial, composed of two stylized birds pecking one another, appears in the lower right column. The lower left margin is decorated with a sidebar that elegantly combines geometric and plant motifs. The decorative elements are painted in pink and blue with touches of reddish orange.
- Subject Matter
- This leaf from a Bible contains part of the Gospel of Matthew written in Armenian and arranged in two columns. The initial in the lower right column in the shape of two pecking birds calls attention to the beginning of a new section within the text. The graceful curved forms of this initial and the ornamental sidebar in the left margin echo the flowing rhythm of the handwritten script.
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- religious texts
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 887 x 1318
- File Size
- 184 KB
- Record
- 1958/1.162
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"Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament; Artist Unknown, Armenia." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1958-sl-1.162/1958_1.162.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.