Art, Symbol & Imagination
Saint John from the MacDurnan Gospels: Manuscript Art
A haloed Saint John holds a pen and book within a tall border filled with interlace and geometric compartments. The plate reproduces a manuscript illumination, used in Needlework as Art to discuss ornamental style. Its caption calls the source King Alfred’s Celtic Book of the Gospels at Lambeth Palace Library. The figure belongs to the MacDurnan Gospels, whose Saint John miniature is recorded by the library at folio 170v.
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Illustrator not identified. "Saint John from the MacDurnan Gospels: Manuscript Art" [editorial title]. In Needlework as Art, Lady M. Alford. First edition, 1886, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. Source scan leaf 64. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0111-0063
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Illustrator not identified. Saint John from the MacDurnan Gospels: Manuscript Art. Needlework as Art. Scan leaf 64. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0111-0063