I have found an example of a saint surrounded by the Evangelists:
http://www.geocities.com/cdesastre20008/ABBOT.htm
The image is from M Lindsay, "The iconography of St. Paul in Medieval
Malta", in C. Hourihane (ed.) Insights and Interpretations, Princeton,
2002, p. 145.
J. F. Hamburger states that "Popes, archbishops, and abbots also had
themselves portrayed in Christomimetic guise" (i. e., with the symbols
of the Evangelists): St. John the Divine, p. 6.
I'll pursue this path…
Best Regards and thanks to everybody again
Carlos
On 6/9/05, Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> From: Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Two points: the animals depicted may be just that, animals (fantastic at
> that) and not necessarily Evangelist symbols;
>
>
> yes, just your garden variety winged lion holding a book accompanied by a
> garden variety eagle, also holding a book.
>
> avid readers, presumably.
>
> >the guy's name may have been Mark John ;-))
>
> with some guy named Mark in the middle.
>
> c
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