Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of Saint Luke

Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of Saint Luke

c. 1440–80 · Empire of Ethiopia, Tigray region (Ethiopia)

ink and tempera on vellum

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