AHIS 120gp Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Codex Amiatinus, Lindisfarne Gospels, Ahis
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Readings: *t. mathews, the icon, the byzantine religious image . Icons were expected to evoke personal reactions/emotions from the viewers. Larger-than-life scales to depict that christ is more than human. Executed in precious materials like mosaic and marble. Emphasis on the eyes - the gaze from the icon to viewer allowed transmittance of prayers to saints/christ. Each gospel is preceded by an evangelist portrait and carpet page. An exact contemporary of the codex amiatinus. Both men sit on a cushion placed on a wooden stool and write in open books. The way the men hold their books, construction of wooden seats, position of their feet are the same. Ezra - old testament scribe vs. lindisfarne - new testament evangelist. Layout is similar, but style is different. Lindisfarne gospels are more insular than codex amiatinus. Matthew is much flatter than ezra, revealed by the position of the stool in relation to the carpet and matthew"s feet.
