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Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of St Luke

Ethiopian Orthodox (Ethiopia)

Not on view


This portrait is of Saint Luke. The caption above him reads, in Gəʿəz, "Picture of Saint Luke who narrated, in the guise of an ox. May his prayer and blessing be upon us. Amen," the ox being Luke’s symbol.

Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of St Luke, Ink and tempera on vellum, Ethiopian Orthodox (Ethiopia)

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Courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art