Evangelist Portrait
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Evangelist portraits are a specific type of miniature included in ancient and mediæval illuminated manuscript Gospel Books, and later in Bibles and other books, as well as other media. Each Gospel of the Four Evangelists, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, may be prefaced by a portrait of the Evangelist, usually occupying a full page. Their symbols may be shown with them, or separately. Often this is the only figurative illumination in the manuscript. They a...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Evangelist portraits are a specific type of miniature included in ancient and mediæval illuminated manuscript Gospel Books, and later in Bibles and other books, as well as other media. Each Gospel of the Four Evangelists, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, may be prefaced by a portrait of the Evangelist, usually occupying a full page. Their symbols may be shown with them, or separately. Often this is the only figurative illumination in the manuscript. They are a common feature in larger Gospel Books from the earliest examples in the 7th century until the decline of that format for illustrated books in the High Middle Ages, by which time their conventions were being used for portraits of other authors.
