Abstract
In the codex of the Matilda Gospels the “portrait” of Matthew is given a place of particular prominence. It stands at the beginning of the manuscript, separated by text from the illustrative cycle to which it belongs, and it is the only illumination that is fully painted (Pl. VII). The problem which this “portrait” presents begins with the question of its emphasis and isolation, leads to the episcopal tradition of St. Matthew and the significance of his relic in Salerno, and finally ends with the political implication of the pallium.
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Rough, R.H. (1973). Four Illuminations Related to the Cleansing. In: The Reformist of Illuminations in the Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1983-5_7
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