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Decorated Incipit Page

Date

about 1120–1140

Medium

Tempera colors, gold, and silver

Culture

German

Department

Manuscripts

Institution

Getty Museum

With ornate letters framed by a geometrically patterned border, this page marks the beginning of Mark's Gospel: *Initiu[m] evangelii Ih[es]u p[ist]i filii d[e]i sicut scriptu[m] est in Esaia propheta* (The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as it was written in Isaiah the prophet...). A portrait of the evangelist Mark on the preceding page faces this richly decorated text page.

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