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Diagram showing how the Four Gospels agree in words

Mätre Krestos (Scribe)
early 14th century
ink and pigments on heavy, yellow parchment
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)

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[Transcription] ኑባሬ፡ ሥርዓት፡ ዘከመ፡ ኀብሩ፡ አርባዕቱ፡ ወንጌላት፡ ቃላተ፡

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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Copied by Matre Krestos in Northern Ethiopia, early fourteenth century; Abba Arkä Sellus [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Church of Mary of Seku [date of acquisition unknown] by gift; Church of St. George at Dabra Ma'ar, before 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection [Nooter 20.15], Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1996, by purchase.

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Geographies

Ethiopia, Tegray (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 10 1/2 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.6 x 16.5 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1996

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.836.6R

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Ethiopian Gospels

Mätre Krestos
early 14th century
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