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Gunda Gospels manuscript
Not on view
The illuminated manuscripts produced at Gundä Gunde share certain distinctive features, such as figures with elongated faces and textiles rendered as interlocking geometric patterns. One can see the style in the folio shown here, of the Virgin and Child with the archangels Michael and Gabriel. It exemplifies the exceptional quality of all the paintings in the manuscript, with their vivid red, green, blue, and yellow hues showing few signs of fading.
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