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Pulpit Relief with the Symbol of Saint Luke Limestone inlaid with lead Italy, Abruzzi, about 1180 Master Stephanus and Workshop From the church of San Michele Archangelo at San Vittorino Accession # 1984.197 This relief depicts an ox, the symbol of Saint Luke, holding a book with an inscription from the opening of his Gospel. A second inscription refers to the master sculptor Stephanus and his associates. Nothing more is known of the sculptor, but the hallmarks of his style, with its crispness and richness of decorative forms contrasting with plain surfaces, are characteristic of sculpture in Abruzzi during the late 12th century. Because of changes in the liturgy promulgated at the Council of Trent (1544-68), medieval pulpits were frequently dismantled and their parts scattered. Text from the Cloisters label.