Year of Object(s) Creation: 1000 C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Book, Manuscript
Object Material(s): ink or dye, paper
Provenience Nation: Greece
Provenience Location:
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2022
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Relinquished by the Museum of the Bible
Nation: Greece
Location: Kosinitza Monastery
Start Year: 2014
End Year: 2022
Circumstance of Acquisition: Donated by the Green Collection
Nation: United States
Location: Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C.
Start Year: 2011
End Year: 2014
Circumstance of Acquisition: Purchased at auction (Christie's, London)
Nation: United States
Location: The Green Collection, Oklahoma
Start Year:
End Year: 1958
Circumstance of Acquisition: Sold by New York-based antiquarian H. P. Kraus
Nation: United States
Location: New York
Start Year: 1917
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Stolen by Bulgarian partisans during WW I
Nation: Bulgaria
Location: Bulgaria
Start Year: 1000 C.E. (approximate)
End Year: 1917
Circumstance of Acquisition: Origin
Nation: Greece
Location: Kosinitza Monastery

Eikosiphoinissa Manuscript 220 (Ancient Greek Gospel Manuscript)


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2019
Year Claim Resolved: 2022
Means of Resolution: Coordinated action by Complainant & Respondent Governments

Complainant Name: Kosinitza Monastery (Greek Orthodox Church)
Complainant Nation: Greece
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Institution

Respondent Name: Museum of the Bible
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Among 431 manuscripts that were stolen from the monastery by a band of Bulgarian partisans in WW I. Edited by Arianne Ohara