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Saint Matthew and Beginning of His Gospel, Gospel Book

Private Collection

13th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Paxoum (scribe), Saint Matthew and Beginning of His Gospel, Gospel Book, Armenia (Cilicia, present-day Türkiye), 13th century, tempera and ink on paper, Private Collection.
David Brunetti, London, UK, @brunettiphotography
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 222, cat. 139 (supplied scan PDF p. 219)
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Catalogue no. 139: Saint Matthew and Beginning of His Gospel, Gospel Book. 13th century; tempera and ink on paper; Armenia (Cilicia, present-day Türkiye).

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Source date: 13th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: Private Collection
Recorded provenance: Armenia (Cilicia, present-day Türkiye)
Place evidence: Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
Catalogue source: Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Source record: Cat. 139
Source locator: Printed p. 222, cat. 139 (supplied scan PDF p. 219)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).