019. MS M.828, fol. 7r

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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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Virgin Mary: doubted, Testing with Water -- Under architectural setting of trefoil arch enclosing cross-surmounted hanging lamp, three male figures, each with right hand raised, beside Joseph the Carpenter and Virgin Mary veiled, both nimbed, right hands on drinking cup; to right, orant female figure; inscription, "How Joseph gave Mary the water of accusation to drink" (Ge'ez).