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Martyrdom of St Mark the Evangelist

Dunois Masterc. 1444

Chester Beatty

Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland

According to the Golden Legend, while Mark was performing Easter service in Alexandria, a crowd of pagans gathered, threw a cord around his neck and dragged him through the city. The marginalia depicts the saint with his symbol, the lion, denoting him as one of the four authors of the Gospels.

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  • Title: Martyrdom of St Mark the Evangelist
  • Creator: Attributed to the Dunois Master
  • Date Created: c. 1444
  • Physical Location: Dublin, Ireland
  • Location Created: Paris
  • Original Source: Chester Beatty, Dublin
  • Rights: © Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
  • Collection Number: CBL W 082 f.270, r
  • Additional Description: Coëtivy Hours
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