Christ carrying the Cross In contrast to the scenes around the portrait, all of these scenes except Christ led from Pilate were to remain very common in large narrative cycles throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. The difficulty of identifying many of the episodes of the Works from Luke demonstrates one of the reasons why scenes from the period of Christ's ministry became increasingly less common in medieval art. Another reason for this was the lack of feast-days celebrating them. The two scenes at the top of the central column on the Passion page, in contrast, feature in the gospel reading set for Maundy Thursday, and most of the scenes on this page are easily identified. The Raising of Lazarus, with the body in its white winding-cloth, was one miracle that was easily recognised in images, and remained in the usual repertoire of artists. The Hand of God in the Agony in the Garden is the earliest surviving example of the motif in this scene. Notes References Beckwith, John, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Penguin History of Art (now Yale), 2nd edn. 1979, De Hamel, Christopher. A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. Boston: David R. Godine, 1986. De Hamel, Christopher. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. Allen Lane, 2016, Grove Dictionary of Art, online concise edition Hinks, Roger. Carolingian Art, 1974 edn. (1935 1st edn.), University of Michigan Press, Lewine, Carol F; JSTOR Vulpes Fossa Habent or the Miracle of the Bent Woman in the Gospels of St. Augustine, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, ms 286, The Art Bulletin, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December, 1974), pp. 489–504 Otto Pächt, Book Illumination in the Middle Ages (trans fr German), 1986, Harvey Miller Publishers, London, G Schiller, Iconography of Christian Art, Vols. I & II, 1971/2 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, Weitzmann, Kurt. Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination. Chatto & Windus, London (New York: George Braziller) 1977. Wilson, David M.; Anglo-Saxon Art: From The Seventh Century To The Norman Conquest, Thames and Hudson (US edn. Overlook Press), 1984. Bibliography Full bibliography from the Parker Library Further reading Alexander, J. J. G., Insular Manuscripts, 6th to the 9th Century, Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, Vol 1 (London, 1978). Wormald, F., The Miniatures in the Gospels of St Augustine (Cambridge UP, 1954). External links The Augustine gospels online More information at Earlier Latin Manuscripts Gospel Books Christian iconography Canterbury Cathedral Gregorian