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Source Description
The Evangelist is depicted as having already copied Mt 1:1-2.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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2611
label
Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
2611
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew
description
The Evangelist is depicted as having already copied Mt 1:1-2.
provenance
Monastery at Gunda Gunde, northeastern Ethiopia, early- to mid- sixteenth century; Church of Mädhane Aläm at Mäjate, Ethiopia, 1892-1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, France, prior to 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sam Fogg, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1998, by purchase.
date
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30
height
24.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (30 x 24.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian Highland Ethiopian
style
Gunda Gunde
med
ink and pigments on heavy, thick parchment
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6264
collection_ids
MSS
BYZ
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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c029f51ff427e208
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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fdd0ee16b5eaa029
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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fa6b7da1eef3d6f8
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no
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no