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Evangelist Luke writing his Gospel

Ethiopian (Artist)
late 14th century (Solomonic)
ink and pigments on heavy yellowed parchment
(Byzantium and Early Russia, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Ethiopia)

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

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knopfelmacher, New York; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.

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Geographies

Ethiopia, Lake Tana (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 13 3/4 × W: 10 in. (35 × 25.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knopfelmacher, 1996

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.840.V

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