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Zir Ganela Gospels
Ethiopia
1400–1401
362 x 251 mm
Purchased on the Lewis Cass Ledyard Fund, 1948
MS M.828
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Within architectural setting of decorated arch inscribed within rectangle, supported on columns to outside of which curtains are tied, Evangelist Luke inscribed "Picture of Saint Luke" (Ge'ez), nimbed, pen in right hand held to mouth, and tablet in left hand on lectern attached to the framing column, seated on cross-surmounted chair; three vessels.