Book of Hours

Gospel Sequences

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These extracts from the four Gospels begin with St John’s Gospel. The large miniature shows St John on Patmos, receiving a vision of the Virgin and Child, within an architectural border.

St John on Patmos (Gospel Sequences)

This page was illuminated by the Painter of Additional 15677. St John is shown writing his Gospel and receiving a vision of the Virgin and Child during his exile on the island of Patmos.

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