Miniature Excised from a Gospel Book with Initial L[iber generationis]: The Symbol of Saint Matthew (recto)
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Miniature Excised from a Gospel Book with Initial L[iber generationis]: The Symbol of Saint Matthew (recto) (c. 1125–50). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.373.a

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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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This illuminated manuscript page depicts a kneeling angel with intricate Celtic knotwork borders and a Latin inscription.

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