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Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus

500–600
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The two columns of text on these folios are lavish examples of Greek uncial script. Written solely in capital letters with no spaces between words, the elegant script was widely used in the early Byzantine period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus
  • Date: 500–600
  • Geography: Made in Syria or Constantinople (?)
  • Medium: Silver and, for nomina sacra, gold on parchement, dyed purple; 2 folios
  • Dimensions: Each folio: 12 5/8 x 10 7/16 in. (32 x 26.5 cm)
  • Classification: Manuscripts
  • Credit Line: The British Library, London (Cotton Titus Cxv), folios 3, 4
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters