3-040-018 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Decorated Incipit Page; Gospel Book, about 1120-1140. Additional Info:Majestically written in gold and silver, the opening of Luke's Gospel, Quo[niam] quide[m] multi conati sunt ordinare narrationem (Since many have attempted to arrange a narration...), sits upon a red-purple textile pattern surrounded by a frame of meander designs. This incipit faces the evangelist's portrait across the double-page spread.