The Four Gospels

A manuscript leaf featuring four rectangular miniatures arranged in a two-by-two grid, separated by red borders and a central vertical gold-leaf divider. Top-Left: The Annunciation to Zacharias. An angel with dark wings and a red robe stands at the left, gesturing toward Zacharias, who is dressed in a dark monastic or priestly habit and stands before a red-domed building. Top-Right: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen. The saint is shown kneeling in prayer at the bottom right. Two figures (labeled "the Jews") stand above him, casting stones. Bottom-Left: The Birth of the Virgin Mary. Saint Anna reclines on a large couch while three female attendants approach her from the right carrying offerings. In the lower foreground, a servant kneels while washing the infant Mary in a golden basin. Bottom-Right: Saint Joachim and Saint Anna. The parents of the Virgin Mary are depicted standing side-by-side behind a parapet with a blue archway, possibly at the Golden Gate.

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The Angel of the Lord

Zacharias?

The Nativity of the Theotokos Mother of God

Saint Anna

Saint Stephen

The Jews

Saint Joachim

Saint Anna