Portraits of the Evangelists

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Christian religious art iconographic type medieval illuminated manuscript motif

Portraits of the Evangelists are richly decorated full-page miniatures depicting the four Gospel writers, renowned as some of the most intricate and iconic artwork within the medieval illuminated manuscript tradition.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
winged man of Saint Matthew 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious art ⓘ
iconographic type ⓘ
medieval illuminated manuscript motif ⓘ
artTradition Byzantine illumination ⓘ
Carolingian illumination NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gothic illumination ⓘ
Insular illumination ⓘ
Ottonian illumination ⓘ
Romanesque illumination ⓘ
associatedWith Four Gospels NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts Saint John the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Luke the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Mark the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Matthew the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ
function devotional image ⓘ
didactic image ⓘ
frontispiece to Gospel text ⓘ
hasPart portrait of Saint John ⓘ
portrait of Saint Luke ⓘ
portrait of Saint Mark ⓘ
portrait of Saint Matthew ⓘ
iconographicAttribute book or scroll ⓘ
evangelist symbols ⓘ
halo ⓘ
writing implements ⓘ
influenced later Christian book illustration ⓘ
influencedBy classical author portraits ⓘ
locatedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
materialUsed parchment ⓘ
notableFor complex iconography ⓘ
full-page composition ⓘ
rich decoration ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf medieval art history studies ⓘ
symbolOf apostolic authorship ⓘ
authority of the Gospels ⓘ
technique gold leaf decoration ⓘ
illumination ⓘ
pigment painting ⓘ
theme Gospel authorship ⓘ
transmission of sacred text ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
typicalForm full-page miniature ⓘ
usedIn Gospel book ⓘ
illuminated Bible ⓘ
medieval codex ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Book of Kells → hasFamousPage → Portraits of the Evangelists ⓘ
lion of Saint Mark → relatedTo → Portraits of the Evangelists ⓘ
subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark
this entity surface form: winged man of Saint Matthew