The scribe as artist in the Chrysostom Manuscript in Venice: Reconsideration

The article explores iconography of the illuminated initial letters in the Byzantine tenth century Homilies of John Chrysostom and other authors with special reference to Oxford, Bodl. lib., Auct. T. 3.3. It is argued that pictorial initials composed of human figures and human-animal combats function as detailed visual interpretations of the written text, displaying at the same time artistic uniqueness and imagination

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The scribe as artist in the Chrysostom Manuscript in Venice: Reconsideration

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