Title of Work
Pontifical of Chartres, Orléans BM 144
Title of Image
f. 78: St John the Evangelist
Date
early 13th c.
Description
Feast of St. John the Evangelist (27 December) : 
Historiated initial E: St John (sic, shown as Matthew the winged man) writing his Gospel within a historiated, gilded letter. He holds a pen and knife which he rests on an open bifolio on a lectern.
Country
France
Location
Chartres
Style
Gothic
Type of Work
Manuscript
Subtype of Work
Illuminated
Category of Work
Pontifical
Material
Parchment
Subject
Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works.
Bibliography
Photographer
M. Alison Stones
Copyright
Identifier
FCMO144F78R1

Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame

f. 78: St John the Evangelist

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