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