Saint Mark

Egerton Master

about 1410

Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink, Tempera Colors, Ink

J. Paul Getty Museum

An illuminated manuscript page depicts a winged lion and a man with a halo writing in a book, seated on a stool. Decorative foliate borders frame the central image and text. An illuminated manuscript page depicts a winged lion and a man with a halo writing in a book, seated on a stool. Decorative foliate borders frame the central image and text. In a miniature above the opening words of his gospel, Saint Mark is shown seated with his symbol, a winged lion. The floor's pattern alternates squares of black with a gold diamond and green with a gold circle. The rear wall is distinguished by a motif of large diamonds circumscribed in white that contain gold squares throughout, blue squares in the center, and red squares toward the border. Saint Mark, in the middle of writing his gospels, looks up at his quill