Icon Triptych: Ewostatewos and Eight of His Disciples
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This large-format triptych spotlights the fourteenth-century Ethiopian saint Ewosṭatewos, at center, surrounded by his eight disciples. Each figure wears a priestly turban, carries a hand cross, and is identified by the clerical title abunä (our father). Ewost.atewos was from a noble family and became a monk at a young age. He was exiled due to theological differences with the ruling kings, and spent many years in Egypt, Jerusalem, and, finally, Armenia. Devotional images such as this icon would have been placed prominently inside a church to encourage prayer and to serve as a model of piety.
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