The Illustrated History of the New Testament

Mark the Evangelist, conveying the power of Christ and the majesty of his miracles and resurrection, is likened to a lion. original Latin: "Marcus Euangeliſta, Chriſti potentiam, miraculorum & reſurrectionis maieſtatem tradens, leoni aſsimilatur."

A woodcut illustration depicts Saint Mark the Evangelist. He is shown as an older man wearing a cap, seated at a high, slanted lectern, and writing with a quill pen. Behind him is a winged lion, his traditional symbol. In the background, a window looks out onto a landscape with a sun low on the horizon. The front panel of the lectern features a classical style carving of a nude figure.

St. Mark has described the glory
of the miracles and resurrection original German: "vrstend." This refers to Christ rising from the dead. of Christ.
He is compared to a lion. original German: "S. Marcus hat beſchrieben die herligkeit der wunderwerck vnd vrſtend Chriſti. Würdt eim löwen vergleicht." In Christian iconography, the four Evangelists are assigned symbols from the Book of Ezekiel and Revelation. Mark is the lion, often interpreted as a symbol of the power of the Resurrection or the "voice crying in the wilderness."