2-735-059 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Miniature Excised from a Psalter: Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists, c. 1235. Christ is seated within a cusped frame representing his aura. He is surrounded by the four "living creatures"---the gospel writers---as envisioned by Saint John in his Apocalypse: a winged man (St. Matthew), a lion (St. Mark), an ox (St. Luke), and an eagle (St. John).