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One of the standard illustrations in Medieval and later Gospel Books is the Evangelist Portrait. These portraits were almost always full page miniatures and were derived from the Late Antique tradition of author portraits such as those found in the Vergilius Romanus and the Vienna Dioscurides. Evangelist Portraits were often combined with a representation of their symbols. The Evangelists are often shown writing or holding a book or a scroll. All images unless otherwise noted are pigment on parchment.

[edit] Evangelist Portraits

Manscript	Institution	Shelfmark	Folio	Comments
Aachen Gospels	Aachen, Cathedral Treasury	s.n.	13r	The Four Evangelists. 9th century.
Ada Gospels	Trier, Staatsbibliothek	Cod.22	85v	Luke. Late 8th century. 14.5 by 9.625 inches.
Ada Gospels	Trier, Staatsbibliothek	Cod.22		Matthew. Late 8th century. 14.5 by 9.625 inches.
Book of Deer	Cambridge University Library	MS. II.6.32	29v	Luke. 10th century. 54 mm by 107 mm.
Book of Deer	Cambridge University Library	MS. II.6.32	1v	The Four Evangelists. 10th century. 54 mm by 107 mm.
Book of Dimma	Dublin, Trinity College	MS.A.IV.23		Evangelist portrait. 8th century.
Book of Kells	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 58	28v	Matthew. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
Book of Kells	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 58	291v	John. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
Book of Mulling	Dublin, Trinity College Library		193r	John. 8th century.
Gospel Book	British Library	MS Add. 5111	12r	Matthew. 12th century miniature pasted into an earlier manuscript. 220 by 150 mm.
Gospel Book	British Library	Add. MS 40618	21v	Luke. 8th century. 130 by 105 mm.
Gospel Book	British Library	Add. MS 40618	22v	Luke. 10th century miniature added to 8th century manuscript. 130 by 105 mm.
Lindisfarne Gospels	British Library	Cotton Nero D IV	25v	Matthew. Late 7th or early 8th century. 340 x 250mm.
Lorsch Gospels	Alba Julia, Batthyaneum Library			Matthew. Late 8th or early 9th century.
Lorsch Gospels	Alba Julia, Batthyaneum Library			Mark. Late 8th or early 9th century.
Lorsch Gospels	Vatican Library			Luke. Late 8th or early 9th century.
Lorsch Gospels	Vatican Library			John. Late 8th or early 9th century.
Peresopnytsia Gospel	Kiev, Natsional'na biblioteka Ukraïny			Luke. 1556-1561.
St. Augustine Gospels	Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Library	MS. 286	129v.	Luke. 6th century.
Trebizond Gospel	St Petersburg, Russian National Library			Mark. 10th century.

[edit] Evangelist Symbols

Hiberno-Saxon artists did not have a tradition of representation of the human form or of naturaliststic representation of animals prior to the conversion to Christianity. Many Hiberno-Saxon artists, rather than providing an Evangelist portrait would in its place provide a full page miniature of the Evangelist's symbol. A few manuscripts, notably the Book of Kells, were provided with full page miniatures of the Evagelist symbols and full page miniatures of the Evangelist themselves.

Manscript	Institution	Shelfmark	Folio	Comments
Book of Cerne	Cambridge University Library	MS L1. 1. 10		Lion, Symbol of Mark. Between 820 and 840.
Book of Dimma	Dublin, Trinity College	MS.A.IV.23		Eagle, Symbol of John. 8th century.
Book of Dimma	Dublin, Trinity College	MS.A.IV.23		Man, Symbol of Matthew. 8th century.
Book of Durrow	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 57	21v	Man, Symbol of Matthew. 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
Book of Durrow	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 57	84v	Eagle Symbol of Mark (pre-Jerome tradition). 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
Book of Durrow	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 57	124v	Ox, symbol of Luke. 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
Book of Durrow	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 57	191v	Lion Symbol of John (pre-Jerome tradition). 7th century. 247 by 228 mm.
Book of Kells	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 58	27v	Four Evangelists. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
Book of Kells	Dublin, Trinity College Library	MS 58	290v	Four Evangelists. Late 8th century. 330 by 250 mm.
Otho-Corpus Gospels	British Library	MS Cotton Otho C V	folio 27r (fragment)	Lion, Symbol of Mark. This manuscript was damaged in the Cotton library fire of 1731.
Echternach Gospels	Bibliotheque Nationale	cod. lat. 9389		Symbol of Mark. 8th century.