Menologion of Basil II
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The Menologion of Basil II (also called Menologium of Basil II, Menology of Basil II) is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book (Menologion) that was compiled c. 1000 AD. It includes 430 miniature paintings by eight artists. It was unusual for a menologion from that era to be so richly painted. It currently resides in the Vatican Library (Ms. Vat. gr. 1613).[1][2] A full facsimile was produced in 1907.[3]
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- ^ Siger, L. P. (2003). "Manuscript Illumination" from New Catholic Encyclopedia. Gale. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ John Haldon; Robin Cormack (15 January 2009). The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 736. ISBN 978-0-19-925246-6. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ Codices e Vaticanis selecti phototypice expressi ivssv Pii. PP. X consilio et opera cvratorvm Bibliothecae vaticanae. [Series maior] no. 8, Fratelli Bocca, Turin, Italy, 1907.
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