Mark’s portrait
Description
Mark’s portrait is the only figure of an Evangelist left in a Greek codex of the gospels prior to X century, as palaeographer G. Cavallo, pointed out. The evangelist sitting, leans forward, his gaze being fixed on his right hand which rests on a large roll open on his knee and with the title of his Gospel:” Beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, son of God”. In front of him a female figure, wrapped in a blue gown, probably , Saint Sophie, (Wisdom )seems to dictate what she must write.
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