{The Living Creatures of the Evangelists [continued]}[30th August 1989]

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**However* I noticed today in St Peter’s Church, Llan[…], that the mosaics surrounding Christ behind the Altar show:

[Text extracted from ms diagram reproduced above:]

	Man	Christ	Eagle
	(Matthew)	-------	(John)
		|
		|
	Lion		Ox
	(Mark)		(Luke)

(but the bottom 2 were hidden by vases of roses).

There is some merit in this as the ox is traditionally associated with the Earth (U~) (ploughing) more than fire (cf the golden calf!); and at J~ T[arot] XI, Fortitude, shows a lion, albeit being overcome by a woman. But it rests uneasily with Revelation (& ‘[0]’) <890905>

[Most, but not all, examples for which I have found images show the layout above]

*[See last previous entry, to which this entry is footnote:**]

[Pages 220 & 221 in the ms were left blank by mistake]

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