ID: 901000649 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000649	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Saint John the Evangelist Writing (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative or devotional scene with Saint John the Evangelist writing the gospel or apocrapha; may be portrayed with his symbol, the eagle, the Virgin Mary, or an angel, at a desk or on the island of Patmos.

Names:

	Saint John the Evangelist Writing (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint John the Evangelist (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Saint John the Evangelist Writing (Christian iconography) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... John, the Apostle, Saint
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, John, the Apostle, Saint (Christian character)) [901001232]

Other Relationships:

	topic is .... evangelist
	.....(preachers, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Nísos Pátmos
	.....(Dodekanísou regional division, Aiyaíon region, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Saint John the Evangelist Writing (Christian iconography)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11H(JOHN)122 St. John writing the Gospel, with inspiratory figure, e.g. angel, hand of God, Mary
	................ Walters Art Museum, Baltimore [online] (2000-) http://art.thewalters.org/detail/download/38537/
	................ Source for image http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/BaldungGrien_StJohnOnPatmos.jpg
	................ British Library Online Gallery (2015-) http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/lindisfarne/accessible/pages27and28.html