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The Martyrdom of Saint Timothy   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Byzantine Empire)Unknown author
Title
The Martyrdom of Saint Timothy
Description
English: The manuscript is known as a menologion, from the Greek for "month". It was written and illuminated in the imperial scriptorium in Constantinople, and is one of the few editions to be so richly illustrated. It is a collection of the lives of the saints honored in January and is arranged by the days of the liturgical year on which each saint is venerated.
Date between circa 1025 and circa 1050
date QS:P571,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1025-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium ink, paint, and gold on parchment
Dimensions height: 30 cm (11.8 in); width: 23.5 cm (9.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,30U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,23.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.521.203V
Place of creation Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Object history
Exhibition history Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947. Art in the Book:The Vision of Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture in Illuminated Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1989.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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