Cleveland Museum of Art
Miniature Excised from a Gospel Book: The Symbol of St. Matthew (recto) and Canon Tables (verso)
- Date
- c. 1125–1150
- Medium
- ink and tempera on vellum
- Culture
- Italy, Florence, 12th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This initial L, for Liber generationis... (The book of the generation of Jesus Christ...), originally served as an introduction to the Gospel of St. Matthew. Unlike the Helmarshausen illuminator, who painted an actual portrait bust of St. Matthew (displayed nearby), this artist chose to paint within the letter the Evangelist's symbol, a winged man holding a book.
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