Until 2008 the Jaharis Lectionary was a hidden treasure: an illuminated Byzantine manuscript that was almost entirely unknown, even to scholars. Superbly preserved, it is arguably the most important Byzantine work to come to the Metropolitan Museum’s renowned collection since the 1917 gifts of J. Pierpont Morgan. It represents the apogee of Constantinopolitan craftsmanship around the year 1100.
In this important study, John Lowden, a leading expert on Byzantine manuscripts, discusses his discoveries about this extraordinary manuscript within the broader context of Byzantine book illumination. He traces the book’s history from its acquisition to its production in Constantinople. By detailed analysis and comparison, the author shows how the manuscript was made for use in the patriarchal church of Hagia Sophia.
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ISBN10 0300148992
- ISBN13 9780300148992
- Publish Date 10 November 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 April 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780300148992