-continuous narrative in scroll-like format
papyrus scroll
Vergil, Vergilius Romanus, fol. 3v
-author portrait tradition
Quedlinburg Itala, Saul and Samuel, fol. 2r, early 5th century, Rome?
cf. Vergilius Vaticanus, Georgics (below)
Vergilius Vaticanus, fol. 5v, Georgics, 1st quarter 5th c., Rome?
cf. Quedlinburg Itala
Vergilius Vaticanus, fol. 5v, Georgics, 1st quarter 5th c., Rome?
Vergilius Vaticanus, Death of Dido, fol. 40r
Ilias Ambrosiana (Milan Illiad), Alexandria, 2nd half 5th c., 4 7/8 x 8 5/8”
cf. Taking of Jericho (Joshua 6:1-25), Sta. Maria Maggiore, Rome)
Vienna Dioscurides, Anicia Juliana, fol. 6v
Vienna Dioscurides, Dioscurides, fol. 5v
Violet, fol. 148v; Coral fol. 391v
c. second quarter sixth century
Vienna Genesis
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, folio 7r, early sixth century, 1’ 1/4” X 9 1/4”.
cf. Column of Trajan
-think about the transmission from roll to codex and how it will affect the arrangement of images
Rossano Gospels, sixth century, c 12 x 10 1/4"
Raising of Lazarus
Christ before Pilate
-possible source in larger scale painting
St. Mark
-tradition of author portraits carries over to Gospel authors as well
Rabbula Gospels, 586 AD, made by monk named Rabbula for monastery in Zagba, Syria, c. 13 x 10.5"
Crucifixion and Ascension