Canon tables, a widely used comparative index to the gospels, were developed by Eusebius of Caesarea for his pupil Carpianus who appears in the headpiece of the explanatory page on the right. When bound, the tables on the left would have been one of the following index pages.
Credit: Gift of Linda Barker and Lore Hilburg, in memory of their mother, Judith E. Hilburg, 2014
15th century
Tempera and gold leaf on paper
16.2 x 26.6cm
2014.740
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