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St John the Evangelist

Header: St John the Evangelist
Also known as: St John the Evangelist; primary name: St John the Evangelist; other name: Apostle; other name: Boanerges; other name: Evangelist; other name: John the Apostle; other name: John the Divine; other name: John the Evangelist; other name: John; other name: St John Evangelist; other name: St John Theologos; other name: St John of Patmos; other name: St John the Theologian; other name: St John
Details: individual; saint/martyr; biblical figure; Male
Life dates: fl. 1stC-
Biography: Christian saint, apostle and New Testament figure; son of Zebedee (q.v.) and brother of St James the Greater (q.v.); presumed author of the fourth gospel and, by tradition, the Apocalypse (i.e. Revelations). Early Christian art usually represents St. John with an eagle, symbolizing the heights to which he rises in the first chapter of his Gospel. The chalice as symbolic of St. John, which, according to some authorities, was not adopted until the thirteenth century, is sometimes interpreted with reference to the Last Supper, again as connected with the legend according to which St. John was handed a cup of poisoned wine, from which, at his blessing, the poison rose in the shape of a serpent. Perhaps the most natural explanation is to be found in the words of Christ to John and James "My chalice indeed you shall drink" (Matthew 20:23). He often appears in scenes representing the Lamentation and the Crucifixion. Later accounts relate that St John had to endure the persecutions - he is said to have been cast in a cauldron of boiling oil at the Latin Gate (Rome) - but that he emerged unharmed from the tortures; he is believed to have died in Ephesus under the reign of Trajan (q.v.), c.100 A. D., which makes him the only Apostle to have died of natural cause.

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Production date: 1600-1650 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

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Museum number: 1888,1201.124

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Museum number: 1896,0716.1 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Avignon

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Museum number: 1902,0625.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1190-1200 |
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Museum number: 1904,0624.2 |
Cultures/periods: OttonianSalian |
Production date: 1075

altar

Museum number: 1903,0514.7 |
Cultures/periods: OttonianSalian |
Production date: 1075

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Museum number: 1911,0621.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1450-1550 |
Production place: Made in:Spain |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hospital de la Vera Cruz

ampulla

Museum number: OA.2382 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 6thC |
Production place: Made in:Ephesus

ampulla

Museum number: 1883,0808.1 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 6thC |
Production place: Made in:Ephesus |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ephesus

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1931,1015.1 |
Production date: 1650 |
Production place: Made in:England

apostle spoon

Museum number: AF.3087 |
Production date: 1606 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

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Museum number: 1981,0701.3 |
Production date: 1536-1537 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

apostle spoon

Museum number: AF.3086 |
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Museum number: 1889,0902.23 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:Ireland, Republic of |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Inishkeel

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Title: Apocalypse |
Museum number: 1895,0122.545 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht DürerPrinted by:Anton Koberger |
Production date: 1498 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

book; print

Title: Apocalypse |
Museum number: 1895,0122.546 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht DürerPrinted by:Anton Koberger |
Production date: 1498 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

book; print

Title: Apocalypse |
Museum number: 1895,0122.583 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1496 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

book; print; title-page

Title: Apocalypse |
Museum number: 1895,0122.580 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1511 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.10 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1510

book; print

Title: Apocalypse |
Museum number: 1895,0122.552 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht DürerPrinted by:Anton Koberger |
Production date: 1498 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

book; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1937,0110.1.1-10 |
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Production date: 1491 |
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book; print

Title: Apochalypsis Ihesv Christi / flvctabit sed non de mergetvr |
Museum number: 1883,1110.258-273 |
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Production date: 1516 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)