Liturgy provided the script, architecture the set—and the altar sat center stage.
Dr. Jennifer Freeman
The octagonal plan references earlier churches and symbolizes regeneration. Was Charlemagne’s throne at its center?
Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Two different portraits—it’s St. Matthew in both, but watch the style change from smooth modeling to frenzied brushwork.
Matthew in the Coronation Gospels and Ebbo ...
These monumental medieval doors look back to ancient models. Read the biblical narrative down and up, or left to right.
Bronze doors, Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim (Germany)
This expressive illumination depicts St. Matthew at work. He juggles a stylus in one hand and an ink horn in the other.
Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels
Liturgy provided the script, architecture the set—and the altar sat center stage.