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| Keywords: Netherlandish - Statuette of the Evangelist Symbol of Luke from a Lectern - Walters 5372.jpg In 1852 an art historian visited the cathedral at Messina Sicily and saw a curious lectern worked in brass and now used for the reading of the Gospels The upper portion is made to revolve so that a copy of each evangelist's writing being laid upon his proper emblem the priest standing on a step at the side has only to turn the desk round until he has opposite to him the requisite gospel The structure he saw was destroyed in the earthquake of 1908 which left the cathedral a ruin However the four book rests with the symbols of the Four Evangelists were preserved Most Medieval lecterns included a single bookrest with an eagle that stood for Christ while those for choirs often possessed two or three bookrests This example thus might have originally belonged to a choir Alternatively it might have served as a book stand to hold the gospel books when they were not in use The four winged creatures described by Saint John in the Book of Revelation- a man a lion a bull and an eagle- were later interpreted as representing Matthew Mark Luke and John Many such brass objects for church use were produced in the eastern part of present-day Belgium for export to the rest of Europe ca 1500 Late Medieval brass cm 57 35 5 36 accession number 53 72 37166 In the Cathedral of Messina Italy destroyed by earthquake in 1908 Raoul Heilbronner Paris Henry Walters Baltimore 1910 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Brabant Belgium Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Art of the Netherlands Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
