Menologion of Basil II

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
Byzantine manuscript
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Byzantine_Emperor_Basil_II
gptkb:Byzantine_court
gptkbp:binds gptkb:leather
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Basil_II
gptkbp:contains miniatures
hagiographies
liturgical texts
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Basil_II
gptkbp:currentLocation Vatican Library
gptkbp:dateCreated circa 1000 AD
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Basil_II
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:martyrdom
gptkb:saint
feasts
gptkbp:dimensions 37 x 30 cm (approximate)
gptkbp:genre hagiography
religious manuscript
gptkbp:hasFacsimile various editions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Menologion of Basil II
gptkbp:illustrator Byzantine artists
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:material parchment
gptkbp:miniatureAvailable 430
gptkbp:notableFor historical value
artistic quality
rich illumination
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 2
gptkbp:preservedIn Vatican Library
gptkbp:purpose Divine Liturgy
gptkbp:referencedIn art history
Byzantine studies
liturgical studies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Byzantine liturgy
gptkbp:script Greek minuscule
gptkbp:significance evidence of imperial patronage
important for hagiography studies
major source for Byzantine art
gptkbp:style gptkb:Macedonian_Renaissance
gptkbp:subject saints' lives
church calendar
Byzantine saints
Christian feasts
gptkbp:type menologion
gptkbp:VaticanLibraryShelfmark gptkb:Vat._gr._1613
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_the_Almsgiver
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5