I need every bit of comfort I can get during these January days, so I tried to brighten the mood by looking at some manuscript pictures. I came along the following ones. The way in which Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are depicted is certainly not unique at all, but striking once you think about it:
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Rather than as genuine authors listening to the divine whisper, why is each of them depicted as a copiist? I wonder where that comes from. It might be a precursor of some form of the 4 source hypothesis.
A nice detail is that Mark seems to have been caught sharpening his pen.
Anyone venture a guess from which Gospels manuscript these come?
Correction As Elijah pointed out correctly, Mark is the one at the bottom left, and Luke is sharpening his pen.
Rather than as genuine authors listening to the divine whisper, why is each of them depicted as a copiist? I wonder where that comes from. It might be a precursor of some form of the 4 source hypothesis.
A nice detail is that Mark seems to have been caught sharpening his pen.
Anyone venture a guess from which Gospels manuscript these come?
Correction As Elijah pointed out correctly, Mark is the one at the bottom left, and Luke is sharpening his pen.