Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Zir Ganela Gospels
Ethiopia, 1400-1401
MS M.828 fol. 108v

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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.