Sinope Gospels

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A page from the Sinope Gospels. The miniature at the bottom shows Christ healing the blind.

The Sinope Gospels (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS gr. 1286, also known as the Codex Sinopensis ) is a fragment of a 5th century illuminated Greek Gospel Book. It was discovered in Sinope in 1899. Along with the Rossano Gospels, the Sinope Gospels has been dated, on the basis of the style of the miniatures, to the mid-6th century. The Rossano Gospels, however considered to be earlier. Like Rossano and the Vienna Genesis, the Sinope Gospels are written purple dyed vellum.

There are only 44 extant folios in the Sinope Gospels. These folios carry unframed miniatures at the bottom of the page which are similar in style to the miniatures in the Rossano Gospels. The folios measure approximately 30 cm by 25 cm.

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