Work of Art Record 47498

Record No

47498

Collection

The Gabriel Millet Collection

Inventory Number

Millet No.: 1.L322.9

Location

Russia, Saint Petersburg: National Library of Russia

Date

1397

Subject Headings

Angel
Christ, Baptism
John the Evangelist
John the Baptist
Christ, Crucifixion
Virgin Mary

Description

Margin: Christ, Crucifixion between Virgin Mary and Evangelist John (in attitude of mourning). Below, Christ, Baptism -- Christ, nude, standing in Jordan River, baptized by John the Baptist and two angels, one holding clothes; all beneath Hand of God emerging from arc of heaven and emitting rays.

Notes

MS. F.6, fol. 101r.

Known as the Kiev Psalter (Spiridon Psalter).

Citations

Kievskai︠a︡ Psaltirʹ (1978), passim

Popova, O., Russian Illuminated Manuscripts (1984), pls. 28, 29

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