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Evangelist Saint Mark


Mark 4, 10 - 12

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.





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Saint Mark (from the Book of Kells). The Book of Kells is one of the most famous books in the history of the world and was completed in about 800 AD. The vellum (calfskin) manuscript contains transcriptions of the four Gospels, lavishly illustrated and ornamented. It is the most elaborate manuscript of its kind to survive from the early Middle Ages. The scribes and artists who created the Book were Columban monks who lived in a monastery on the remote island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland. The monastery was founded late in the sixth century by an Irish monk, St Colm Cille.At the time the book was produced, Irish monks were renowned throughout the rest of Europe for their work as scribes and illustrators.
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Saint Mark (from the Book of Kells). The Book of Kells is one of the most famou...

The Tassilo Chalice. Saint Mark and his symbol, the lion. Detail of 15-01-01/11 Gilded copper decorated with niello and silver medallions, around 770 H: 25,5 cm
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The Tassilo Chalice. Saint Mark and his symbol, the lion. Detail of 15-0...

Les Heures de la Duchesse de Bourgogne: The Evangelist Mark and his lion.Initial "I". In the margin the fight between a knight and a monkey. French,around 1450. MS 76/1362
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Les Heures de la Duchesse de Bourgogne: The Evangelist Mark and...

Burial of Saint Mark in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice. The mosaic above one of the five portals in the facade of the Basilica di San Marco shows the original, 11th century church without later additions.
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Burial of Saint Mark in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice. The mosaic above one of...

Detail of the marble iconostasis in the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Bas-relief: Saints Mark Evangelist and Jerome (Hieronymus).
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Detail of the marble iconostasis in the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa...

Venetian quivers, four wood, one leather, with arrows.
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Venetian quivers, four wood, one leather, with arrows.

Saint Mark and his successors(?),fragment of a relief Alexandria, 7thÿ(?) Painted ivory OA 3317
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Saint Mark and his successors(?),fragment of a relief Alexandria, 7thÿ(?)...

The four Evangelists. Mosaic; 6th century CE
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The four Evangelists. Mosaic; 6th century CE

Gospel of Ebbo,Archbishop of Reims,from the monastery of Hautevilliers.Before 823. MS 1,fol.18 verso: Saint Mark Evangelist.
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Gospel of Ebbo,Archbishop of Reims,from the monastery of Hautevilliers.Before...

Gospels of the Abbey of Corbie, France, 10th. MS 24, fol.53: Saint Mark Evangelist.
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Gospels of the Abbey of Corbie, France, 10th. MS 24, fol.53: Saint...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 241: portrait of evangelist Mark,shown writing in the posture of a scribe. The figure of Sophia,wisdom,stands in front of Mark. Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

St.Mark sits writing;a winged lion hovers above him. From the Lindisfarne Gospels,thought to have been written and illuminated by Eadfrith,Bishop of Lindisfarne. Cott.Nero.D.IV.fol.93v
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St.Mark sits writing;a winged lion hovers above him. From the Lindisfarne Gospe...