Cleveland Museum of Art
Miniature Excised from a Psalter: Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists
- Date
- c. 1235
- Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Culture
- England, Abbey of Peterborough(?), 13th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Christ is seated within a cusped frame representing his aura. He is surrounded by the four "living creatures"---the gospel writers---as envisioned by Saint John in his Apocalypse: a winged man (St. Matthew), a lion (St. Mark), an ox (St. Luke), and an eagle (St. John).
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