Exhibition from the 2001-02 Fellows of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

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Liturgy and Music in Byzantium

RAR MS226. Doxastikharion (Byzantine Greek Hymnal)
Iakovos, "Protopsaltis", George of Smyrna (scribes), 25 October, 1800

Illuminated floral carapaces in brightly colored weavings common to a Dalmatian or Southern Balkan pallet. Possible Italianate influence in decorative traceries.
Frontispiece, fol. 1 recto

Fol. 84 recto

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