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Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Mark

Master of the House-Book

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a man with a halo sitting at a desk. He wears a purple robe and a red head covering. The man sits on a chair and holds an open book in his hands. A lion sits on the floor beside him. The desk has a lectern with a cross on the front and a small picture on top. There is a blue wall behind the man with white clouds. A gold border surrounds the image, with a blue and red decorative edge. The background of the image is aged paper. The man is sitting on a patterned floor.

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617 × 893 px
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