I have spent some time now looking at the Four Evangelists in various manuscripts- Churches etc.
The order is Counterclockwise when in a block like the medieval Mandorla and left to right when on a building facade.
The Bible is Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and on the pages I have seen the order is typically
1 Mathew Left top........4 John Right top
2 Mark Left Bottom.......3 Luke Right Bottom
but variations 4.......3
.................1........2 remain counterclockwise as also on the clock in the Florence Cathedral which itself runs counterclockwise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flore ... -Clock.jpg
Yet in Tarot on the world card of the Marseille variety the order is different
1.........4
3.........2
Anyone have any idea why?
~Lorredan
I meant to add that in rose windows where the four symbols appear they are Mathew in the North, Luke in the South, John in the east, and Luke in the west.
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