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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 John, nimbed, beardless, standing, cross-staff in right hand, book in raised left hand, standing beside two shelves on which are vessels and lectern attached to the framing column.