Saint Matthew the Evangelist depicted in the medieval illuminated manuscript known as the Evangelistář svatovítský (The Evangeliary of Saint Vitus) dated from before the year of 1085 on display at the exhibition 'At the Beginning of the Statehood' in Prague, Czech Republic. The exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia runs for only five days from January 10 to January 15, 2018 in the Imperial Stables of Prague Castle. The illuminated manuscript was probably ordered by King Vratislaus II of Bohemia together with the Vyšehrad Codex in occasion of his coronation as the fir


Saint Matthew the Evangelist depicted in the medieval illuminated manuscript known as the Evangelistář svatovítský (The Evangeliary of Saint Vitus) dating from before the year of 1085 on display at the exhibition 'At the Beginning of the Statehood' in Prague, Czech Republic. The exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia runs for only five days from January 10 to January 15, 2018 in the Imperial Stables of Prague Castle. The illuminated manuscript was probably ordered by King Vratislaus II of Bohemia together with the Vyšehrad Codex in occasion of his coronation as the first King of Bohemia.


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