The Economist's review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's show on medieval drawing lasts until 23 August 2009, and includes (right) a "French work, the Four Gospels, produced later in the [ninth] century. It displays an arresting, monochrome portrait of the Evangelist Luke, filling almost the whole page (see above). An endearing, small winged ox (Luke’s symbol) watches from his perch on a curtain rod as Luke writes his text. Both have gold haloes.
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