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Statuette of the Evangelist Symbol of Matthew from a Lectern   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (the Netherlands)Unknown author
Title	Statuette of the Evangelist Symbol of Matthew from a Lectern
Description	English: 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.
Date	circa 1500 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Late Medieval)
Medium	brass medium QS:P186,Q39782
Dimensions	57 × 41 × 29 cm (22.4 × 16.1 × 11.4 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	53.70
Place of creation	Brabant, Belgium
Object history	In the Cathedral of Messina, Italy, destroyed by earthquake in 1908 Raoul Heilbronner, Paris Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase, 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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