Leaf from the Epistle to the Hebrews, 1101, Byzantine, Tempera, gold and ink on parchment, 7 31/32 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 16.0 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Joannes Koulix ,scribe, This leaf, the first page of Saint Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews written in Greek, is decorated with a handsome rectangular headpiece and a letter topped with a portrait bust of the author. The leaf was originally part of a Praxapostolos, a text used only for the celebration of the Eucharist, which was copied by the scribe Joannes Koulix in 1101
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