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Saint Mark the Evangelist

Unknown illuminator, 10th century

Saint Mark the Evangelist
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An evangelist portrait from a Byzantine Gospel book. Saint Mark sits at his desk, writing the Gospel that the Churches received from the preaching of Saint Peter.