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One of the standard illustrations in Medieval and later Gospel Books is the Evangelist Portrait. These portraits were almost always full page miniatures and were derived from the Late Antique tradition of author portraits such as those found in the Vergilius Romanus and the Vienna Dioscurides. Evangelist Portraits were often combined with a representation of their symbols. The Evangelists are often shown writing or holding a book or a scroll. All images unless otherwise noted are pigment on parchment.

Evangelist Portraits

Image Manscript Institution Shelfmark Folio Comments
File:Aachen Gospels, Folio 13r, Four Evangelists page.jpg Aachen Gospels Aachen, Cathedral Treasury s.n. 13r The Four Evangelists. 9th century.
File:Meister der Ada-Gruppe 001.jpg Ada Gospels Trier, Staatsbibliothek Cod.22 85v Luke. Late 8th century. 14.5 by 9.625 inches.
File:Meister der Ada-Gruppe 002.jpg Ada Gospels Trier, Staatsbibliothek Cod.22 Matthew. Late 8th century. 14.5 by 9.625 inches.
File:BookDeerLukeFol029v.jpg Book of Deer Cambridge University Library MS. II.6.32 29v Luke. 10th century. 54 mm by 107 mm.
File:BookDeer01v.JPG Book of Deer Cambridge University Library MS. II.6.32 1v The Four Evangelists. 10th century. 54 mm by 107 mm.
File:BookDimmaEvangelistPortrait.jpg Book of Dimma Dublin, Trinity College MS.A.IV.23 Evangelist portrait. 8th century.
File:KellsFol028vPortMatt.jpg Book of Kells Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 58 28v Matthew. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
File:KellsFol291vPortJohn.jpg Book of Kells Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 58 291v John. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
File:BookMullingFol193StJohnPortrait.jpg Book of Mulling Dublin, Trinity College Library 193r John. 8th century.
File:BriLibAddMs5111GospelBookFol12r.jpg Gospel Book British Library MS Add. 5111 12r Matthew. 12th century miniature pasted into an earlier manuscript. 220 by 150 mm.
File:BritLibAddMs40618GospelBookFol21vLuke.jpg Gospel Book British Library Add. MS 40618 21v Luke. 8th century. 130 by 105 mm.
File:BritLibAddMs40618GospelBookFol22vLuke.jpg Gospel Book British Library Add. MS 40618 22v Luke. 10th century miniature added to 8th century manuscript. 130 by 105 mm.
File:Meister des Book of Lindisfarne 001.jpg Lindisfarne Gospels British Library Cotton Nero D IV 25v Matthew. Late 7th or early 8th century. 340 x 250mm.
File:Codexaureus 17.jpg Lorsch Gospels Alba Julia, Batthyaneum Library Matthew. Late 8th or early 9th century.
File:Codexaureus 21.jpg Lorsch Gospels Alba Julia, Batthyaneum Library Mark. Late 8th or early 9th century.
File:Codexaureus 23.jpg Lorsch Gospels Vatican Library Luke. Late 8th or early 9th century.
File:Codexaureus 25.jpg Lorsch Gospels Vatican Library John. Late 8th or early 9th century.
File:Peresopnytske Gospel 04.jpg Peresopnytsia Gospel Kiev, Natsional'na biblioteka Ukraïny Luke. 1556-1561.
File:AugsutineGospelsFolio129vStLuke.jpg St. Augustine Gospels Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Library MS. 286 129v. Luke. 6th century.
File:Trapezunt gospel.jpg Trebizond Gospel St Petersburg, Russian National Library Mark. 10th century.

Evangelist Symbols

Hiberno-Saxon artists did not have a tradition of representation of the human form or of naturaliststic representation of animals prior to the conversion to Christianity. Many Hiberno-Saxon artists, rather than providing an Evangelist portrait would in its place provide a full page miniature of the Evangelist's symbol. A few manuscripts, notably the Book of Kells, were provided with full page miniatures of the Evagelist symbols and full page miniatures of the Evangelist themselves.

Image Manscript Institution Shelfmark Folio Comments
File:BookCerneEvangalist.jpeg Book of Cerne Cambridge University Library MS L1. 1. 10 Lion, Symbol of Mark. Between 820 and 840.
File:BookDimmaJohnSymbol.jpg Book of Dimma Dublin, Trinity College MS.A.IV.23 Eagle, Symbol of John. 8th century.
File:BookDimmaMatthewSymbol.jpg Book of Dimma Dublin, Trinity College MS.A.IV.23 Man, Symbol of Matthew. 8th century.
File:Meister des Book of Durrow 001.jpg Book of Durrow Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 57 21v Man, Symbol of Matthew. 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
File:BookDurrowEagle.jpg Book of Durrow Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 57 84v Eagle Symbol of Mark (pre-Jerome tradition). 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
File:BookDurrowOx.jpg Book of Durrow Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 57 124v Ox, symbol of Luke. 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
File:BookOfDurrowLion.jpg Book of Durrow Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 57 191v Lion Symbol of John (pre-Jerome tradition). 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
File:KellsFol027v4Evang.jpg Book of Kells Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 58 27v Four Evangelists. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
File:KellsFol290v4EvangelistSymbols.jpg Book of Kells Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 58 290v Four Evangelists. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
File:CottonCorpusGospelFragFol27r.jpg Otho-Corpus Gospels British Library MS Cotton Otho C V folio 27r (fragment) Lion, Symbol of Mark. This manuscript was damaged in the Cotton library fire of 1731.
File:EchternachGospelsLionImage.GIF Echternach Gospels Bibliotheque Nationale cod. lat. 9389 Symbol of Mark. 8th century.