 It is presumed from his appearance in the miniature that Leo was a eunuch, a status historically compatible with this profession.The second image depicts St. Nicholas with two figures kneeling at his feet, identified in the inscription as Constantine the protospatharios, Leo’s brother and founder of the St. Nicholas monastery to which the volume was donated, and Makar, the abbot of the monastery.These allusions to the Bible’s creation are reinforced by the inscription accompanying Leo's dedication miniature, which states that Leo offered the book to the St. Nicholas monastery, “in remission for [his] sins."