Saint Mark
Unknownabout 1120–1140
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A portrait of Saint Mark heralds the opening of his Gospel. The anonymous illuminator portrayed the evangelist as a scribe dipping his quill into a pot of ink as he sits before a lectern. The words from Mark's Gospel inscribed on the book's page refer to Saint John the Baptist: Vox clamantis in deserto parate viam d[omi]ni (A voice of one crying in the desert: prepare the way of the Lord). At the top of the page, the heading in gold and silver leaf identifies the following text as Mark's Gospel:Iniciu(m) s(an)c(t)i evangelii s(e)c(un)d(u)m Marcu(m) [The beginning of the holy Gospel according to Mark].
- Title: Saint Mark
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1120–1140
- Location Created: Helmarshausen, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 22.9 × 16.5 cm (9 × 6 1/2 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold, and silver on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.MB.67.51v
- Culture: German
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig II 3, fol. 51v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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