The Leo Bible (Rome, Vatican, Bib. Apostolica, MS. Reg. gr. 1) is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript dated to the mid 10th century, making it one of the earliest surviving Byzantine Bibles.[1][2] Though only one volume survives, a preface and an intact contents page tell us that the Bible originally contained both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.[3][4] Due to its association with the Macedonian Renaissance it is often grouped along with the stylistically similar Paris Psalter and Joshua Roll.[4][5] A prefatory poem indicates that the volume was commissioned by one Leo Patrikios, and so it is also known as the Bible of Leo the Patrician (Bibel des Patricius Leo).[6][7]
- ^ Cyril Mango: "The date of Cod. Vat. Regin. Gr. 1 and the 'Macedonian Renaissance.'" Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historian Pertinentia 4 (1969): 121-6
- ^ D. Olster: "Byzantine Hermeneutics After Iconoclasm: World and Image in the Leo Bible." Byzantion 64 (1994): 419-58
- ^ Iōánnīs Spatharákīs, The Portrait in Byzantine Illuminted Manuscripts, p.8
- ^ a b Valerie Nunn, Leo Bible, Oxford Art Online. N.p., n.d. Web.
- ^ Mango, p. 121
- ^ "Reg. gr. 1B | Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project". bav.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
- ^ "Bible of Leo the Patrician by MINIATURIST, Greek". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 2024-04-27.