Vangelo miniato, Folio 8r, Adorazione dei Magi
Etiopia, regione di Amhara
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199
Realizzato in un monastero nella regione del lago Tana in Etiopia, questo Vangelo miniato è un raro esempio di manufatto religioso precedente al XVI secolo e proveniente da questo avamposto della cristianità. Il testo e le figure traggono ispirazione dai prototipi bizantini e copti che nel VI secolo furono per la prima volta tradotti in etiopico classico e nel locale idioma pittorico. Sovrani mecenati usavano donare questi sontuosi testi del Vangelo, che costituivano il bene più prezioso per una comunità ecclesiastica. La pittura stilizzata di questa pagina miniata in cui è raffigurata l’Adorazione dei Magi combina immagini dai vivaci colori a motivi astratti, che caratterizzano gli indumenti tipici dell’epoca e l’ambiente in cui si svolgeva la storia.
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