![]() However, there are examples, both literary (mostly early) and religious (mostly later). ![]() "Luxury" heavily-illuminated manuscripts are less of a feature in the Byzantine world than in Western Christianity, perhaps because the Greek elite could always read their texts, which was often not the case with Latin books in the West, and so the style never became common. In addition to the majority of manuscripts, in Greek, there are also manuscripts from the Syriac Church, such as the Rabbula Gospels, and Armenian illuminated manuscripts which are heavily influenced by the Byzantine tradition. Madrid Skylitzes), medical texts such as the Vienna Dioscurides, and some manuscripts of the Greek version of the Alexander Romance. Not all Byzantine illuminated manuscripts were religious texts, secular subjects are represented in chronicles (e.g. 12th century miniature from the Skylitzes Chronicle depicting Emperor Theophilos and his court. These religious manuscripts were most commissioned by patrons and were used for private worship but also gifted to churches to be used in services. Monasteries produced many of the illuminated manuscripts devoted to religious works using the illustrations to highlight specific parts of text, a saints' martyrdom for example, while others were used for devotional purposes similar to icons. Religious images or icons were made in Byzantine art in many different media: mosaics, paintings, small statues and illuminated manuscripts. In total there are 14 images throughout the psalter.Ä«yzantine illuminated manuscripts were produced across the Byzantine Empire, some in monasteries but others in imperial or commercial workshops. ![]() ![]() 10th-century illumination in the Paris Psalter which depicts the life of David, author of the Book of Psalms. ![]()
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