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Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of Saint Luke

Cleveland Museum of Art

A single leaf from a gospel book shows a portrait of Saint Luke. The saint has dark brown hair and a beard and wears a red and yellow striped robe. He sits on a stool and holds a stylus in one hand and a parchment in the other. A halo surrounds his head. A calf is at the top of the leaf; writing in a non-Latin script appears next to it. The leaf is framed with geometric patterns in red. The parchment is yellowed with age and has rough, damaged edges.

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645 × 900 px
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