ABSTRACT
The format of the narrative cycles of Paris 54 and Iviron 5 is very much indebted to illustrated lectionary texts.3 Illustrated lectionaries featured individually framed narrative miniatures inserted throughout their text long before they are found in illustrated Gospel books.4 In fact, only two
1 Portions of the material in this chapter have been presented at the following scholarly conferences: “Observations on the Narrative Cycles of Paris, Bibl. Nat. Gr. 54 and Athos, Iviron 5,” Tenth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, University of Cincinnati, November 3, 1984; “Copy vs. Model: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cod. Gr. 54 and Mt. Athos, Iviron 5,” Medieval Association of the Pacific, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, March 14, 1999; “Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Cod. Gr. 54 and Mt. Athos, Iviron, Cod. 5: An Art Historian’s Venture into New Testament Textual Criticism,” Medieval Association of the Pacific, University of San Diego, California, March 22, 2002, and “Innovation in Text and Image in Paris Grec 54: A Response to the Circumstances of its Commission?”, 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London, August 21-6, 2006.
