The Joshua Roll is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript of highly unusual format, probably of the 10th century Macedonian Renaissance, believed to have been created by artists of the imperial workshops in Constantinople, and now in the Vatican Library. == Form and content == The Roll is in the form of a continuous horizontal scroll or rotulus, common in Chinese art but unique in surviving examples of medieval Christian art.
The Joshua Roll is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript of highly unusual format, probably of the 10th century Macedonian Renaissance, believed to have been created by artists of the imperial workshops in Constantinople, and now in the Vatican Library. == Form and content == The Roll is in the form of a continuous horizontal scroll or rotulus, common in Chinese art but unique in surviving examples of medieval Christian art.
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