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| Keywords: German - In principio - Walters W7514R - Full Page.jpg During the early Medieval period artists created sophisticated interplays between word and image Often the opening words of each Gospel would be intricately decorated with the ornament and letters intertwined Although the Medieval viewer would know what it should say and had no need to read it deciphering the page and thereby focusing attention on the sacred word of God became an act of spiritual contemplation ca 950 975 Ottonian parchment with ink paint and gold cm 31 2 24 2 accession number W 751 4R 13279 Sir Thomas Phillips ms 14122 London ca 1855 date and mode of acquisition unknown Phillips Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown A Chester Beatty December 1920 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum October 1952 by purchase Museum purchase 1952 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Schatzkammer Henry Walters' German Manuscripts The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Corvey Germany Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W751 - Corvey Gospel fragment In principium erat verbum | ||||
