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There is only one full-page miniature with no text in it in the manuscript; this is Saint John the Baptist Preaching (fol. 276v). [17] The Master of James IV of Scotland is attributed the first 14 pages of the Weekday Hours, with pairs of illuminated pages facing each other. Many of the borders and decor surrounding the miniatures can be ...
John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī ...
John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
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Saint John the Baptist is a High Renaissance oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci. Likely to have been completed between 1513 and 1516, it is believed to be his final painting. Its original size was 69 by 57 centimetres (27 in × 22 in). The painting is in the collection of the Louvre.
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The painting depicts the Holy Family together with the Infant John the Baptist. Mary and Joseph form the curved borders of the painting, surrounding baby Jesus and John the Baptist. The Christ Child is most likely the figure embracing the lamb, as a reference to him being the Lamb of God .