Résumé :
Abstract: The Vienna codex theol gr 240 is the product of one of the greatest Constantinopolitan workshops that worked at or for the imperial court Extant works produced by this workshop allow it to be traced from the 9th century The miniatures of the Vienna codex were executed by three artists Since Gospel books were in quite high demand, it is possible to speculate that there existed a serial production of author portraits of the Evangelists that a scribe could then use in their manuscripts The type of standing Evangelist found in the Vienna codex was apparently executed quite often in this workshop in the 10th century, with a total of five examples from this period known today Two of them, the codex from Turin (B VII 33 18) which was destroyed by fire in 1904 and the Paris codex gr 70, are stylistically related to the Vienna codex Our analysis has shown that the Vienna codex was produced around the middle of the 10th century This is evident in both the miniatures and the textile illumination, which has its closest parallels in the most luxurious manuscripts from the reign of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. The analysis of the script confirms this dating and places the production of the manuscript in the second half or third quarter of the 10th century.
Keywords: manuscripts / Handschriften, Constantinople, 10th century / Konstantinopel, 10
Jahrhundert, miniatures / Miniaturen, Evangelists / Evangelisten, ornament / Ornament, scriptorium / Skriptorium, dating / Datierung.