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Source Description
The Evangelist is depicted as having already copied Mk. 1:1-2.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
2982
label
Portrait of the Evangelist Mark
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
2982
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of the Evangelist Mark
description
The Evangelist is depicted as having already copied Mk. 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
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
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
creator_ids
6264
collection_ids
MSS
BYZ
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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335050e88c41c2da
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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57841f5586c3eebe
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no
hasDescription
no
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3
type
photo
mediaId
f69babd3d41873c6
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no