Talks | Chains of Scripture: Sacred Tradition on the Page of a Gospel Book with Jonathan L. Zecher at Chester Beatty

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Join Professor Jonathan L. Zecher for a lecture about the frame commentary in the Byzantine Gospel Book (Chester Beatty W 139), which is featured in the current exhibition, Manuscripts & The Mind: How we read & respond to the written word. This lecture will consider the composition of catenae and the scribal practices of ‘frame commentaries’ to explore questions of sacred tradition as these appear in the materiality of such manuscripts. It will seek to open up the Gospel Book as a space of practice and communication, as well as an artefact and artwork.

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CBL W 139