The Vienna Genesis Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

The Vienna Genesis (Austrian National Library, Codex Theologicus graecus 31) is a fragmentary Greek manuscript of the Book of Genesis written on purple dyed parchment with silver ink. It is assumed that the book was created in the first half of the 6th century in the Near East. 24 folios with 48 min...

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Other Authors: Hofmann, Christa (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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