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Carolingian Illustrated Books in the Early European Middle Ages
Saint Matthew, from the Ebbo Gospels (816-835)
The wavy lines that form the details on Matthew's clothing and the diagonal lines adding detail to the background and foreground are examples of the energetic subject matter in the Ebbo Gospels.
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