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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
Page description:
Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Under architectural setting of trefoil arch enclosing cross-surmounted hanging lamp, Virgin Mary nimbed, veiled, seated on cross-surmounted chair, right hand raised, basket of wool in left hand, approached from right by Archangel Gabriel nimbed, right hand extended, cross-staff in left hand, dove of Holy Ghost descending between them; inscription, "How Gabriel announced to Mary" (Ge'ez).