Skulptur

John the Evangelist. Niche image from a pulpit. In the right hand the lime, in the left hand a folded book. At the feet an eagle. Beard and hair greatly accented. From an unknown church in Bohuslän. Niche image from pulpit along with sculpture UM000400. G: 14 in the 1869 printed catalogue: Besieged by St. Johannes Knut Adrian Andersosns Catalogue I The ecclesiastical collections I: 124: 16 Wooden image of St. John the Evangelist 50 x 15 cm = G: 14 in 1869 year jerk off catalog. From the time after 1550 in Bohuslän., From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958: St Johannes, Bohusl. H. 48 cm; in the right hand a lime, in the left a folded book; the suit painted in green and black; the color ngt. Flag mask. Lappdirectory: 13 From the Nationalencyclopedia, NE.se: Evangelist Evangelist, denomination of the one who, according to tradition, authored something of the New Testament Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke’s Resp. St John In church visual art, Matthew and John are often portrayed as elderly men, Mark and Luke as younger. Since the late 300th century, four (usually winged) gestalts, evangelist symbols, have been intertwined with the four evangelists, either beside them or alone, often surrounding Christ or Lamb. Matthew is represented by a human being, Mark of a lion, Luke by a bull and John by an eagle. Related symbolism meets in the tetramorph (“the four-figure”), a winged fuss with four heads (of human, lion, bull and eagle), sometimes also with the corresponding feet. The symbols are taken from the Bible. In Hes. 1 is depicted how Hesekiel sees four creatures (tetramorphs) around God’s throne cart. In John’s Vision in Up. 4: 6-7, the four beings around the throne have only one face each: a lion, bull, human or eagle face. The application to the evangelists is based on an allegorical interpretation of Upp. 4: 6-7, already covered in Irenaeus.