Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of Saint Luke
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Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of Saint Luke (c. 1440–80). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.212

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Christianity arrived in Ethiopia during the 300s CE, well before reaching northern Europe. Typical of panel and manuscript painting in Ethiopia, this leaf is decorated with bright colors and a joyous interplay of geometric pattern. The full-page miniature depicts the evangelist Luke, with his symbol, the ox, within the arch above. The short text is in the Ge‘ez (the centuries-old church language of Ethiopian Orthodoxy) and consists of the opening lines of the gospel of Luke: “Make this image of St. Luke with this bull––his prayer (offering)––and with his blessings, they were with us. Amen.”

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A painted manuscript page depicts a bearded saint seated and writing at a table.

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