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Source Description
This fragmentary leaf once belonged to an Ethiopian Gospel book from the Lake Tana region. Dating from the late fourteenth century, the leaf contains two images from a prefatory cycle depicting the Passion of Christ, which would have preceded the Gospels. On the recto, a shrouded Christ is carried to the tomb by Joseph and Nicodemus. The verso depicts the resurrected Christ, accompanied by the Archangel Michael, appearing before Mary Magdalene, St. John, and St. Peter. Intact Gospel books with comparable image cycles, such as that at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1998.66), and the J. Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M828, demonstrate that these two images likely fell between depictions of the Crucifixion and the Ascension.
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Document identity
localId
11176
label
Single leaf with Christ's entombment and resurrection
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
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11176
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object
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normalized
title
Single leaf with Christ's entombment and resurrection
description
This fragmentary leaf once belonged to an Ethiopian Gospel book from the Lake Tana region. Dating from the late fourteenth century, the leaf contains two images from a prefatory cycle depicting the Passion of Christ, which would have preceded the Gospels. On the recto, a shrouded Christ is carried to the tomb by Joseph and Nicodemus. The verso depicts the resurrected Christ, accompanied by the Archangel Michael, appearing before Mary Magdalene, St. John, and St. Peter. Intact Gospel books with comparable image cycles, such as that at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1998.66), and the J. Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M828, demonstrate that these two images likely fell between depictions of the Crucifixion and the Ascension.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knopfelmacher, New York, before 1996 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.
date
late 14th century (Solomonic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38.8
height
27
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 1/4 × W: 10 5/8 in. (38.8 × 27 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian Highland Ethiopian
style
Ethiopian
RelatedObjects
15109
16863
med
ink and paint on heavy darkened, partially fragmentary parchment
creator_ids
6264
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BYZ
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ETH
exhibition_ids
1958
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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3554c9c924eb2ffe
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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202ef5cfacd198fe
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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bba651613b193b4f
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no
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no