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Thessaloniki

Major Byzantine city and artistic center; a late-thirteenth-century Gospel book has been variously associated with Thessaloniki, Nicaea or Nicomedia.

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Geography + Transmission profile

Greece & Aegean

primarily Middle/Late Byzantine; site-specific · 3 registered sources

Historical frame

Greek/Aegean monastic and urban contexts.

Production / use

Monument profiles are places of use/survival; the UNESCO three-monastery series is comparative.

Movement / provenance

No route among Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni is inferred from shared typology.

Political / ecclesiastical

Monastic, imperial and regional contexts vary by monument.

Artistic relation

Shared architecture/mosaic characteristics are treated as comparison unless a source supplies directional influence.

Reception / adaptation

Later Greek traditions remain chronologically separated from Middle Byzantine monuments.

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Thessaloniki← associated-with →Manuscript Illuminationassociated-with →Nicaea
Thessaloniki← associated-with →Manuscript Illuminationassociated-with →Nicomedia
Thessaloniki← associated-with →Manuscript Illumination← uses-technique →Illuminated Psalter
Thessaloniki← associated-with →Manuscript Illuminationuses-material →Parchment
Thessaloniki← associated-with →Manuscript Illuminationcan-use-technique →Egg Tempera
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Sources supporting this profile.

J. Paul Getty Museum
Gospel Book with Fifteen Full-Page Scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin
Open source ↗
record-reference; image rights follow Getty terms
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
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CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 description; image/media rights separate
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  2. Thessalonikiassociated-withManuscript Illuminationcan-use-techniqueEgg Tempera
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  3. Thessalonikiassociated-withManuscript Illuminationcan-use-materialGold Leaf
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Manuscript Illumination
qualified-source-backed · J. Paul Getty Museum
← atlas-groups
Greece & Aegean Atlas Region
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← atlas-groups
Balkans Atlas Region
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Source trail

J. Paul Getty Museum
Gospel Book with Fifteen Full-Page Scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin
Open source ↗
record-reference; image rights follow Getty terms
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only

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