File:Clevelandart 1999.212.jpg
Size of this preview: 427 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 171 × 240 pixels | 342 × 480 pixels | 547 × 768 pixels | 730 × 1,024 pixels | 2,423 × 3,400 pixels.
Original file (2,423 × 3,400 pixels, file size: 3.23 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of St. Luke
(   ) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title |
Single Leaf from a Gospel Book with a Portrait of St. Luke |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Christianity arrived in Ethiopia during the 4th century, well before reaching northern Europe. Typical of icon and manuscript painting in Ethiopia, this leaf is decorated with bright colors and a joyous interplay of geometric pattern. The full-page miniature depicts the evangelist Luke, with his symbol, the Ox, within the arch above. The short text is in geez (the ancient Ethiopic language), and consists of the opening lines of the gospel of Luke. All manuscript and icon painting in Ethiopia was confined to monasteries; the painting style of this leaf relates it to the Ewostathian monastic community of Central Ethiopia. The artists of this community rose to prominence under the scholar-emperor Zara Yaeqob (1434–1468), who commissioned many of them to produce books and icons for the court. This leaf draws its inspiration from the most important monastic painter, Fre Seyon, who was enormously influential between about 1450 and 1500. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1440 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Ink and tempera on vellum | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
Medieval Art |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
1999.212 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation | Central Ethiopia, 15th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.212 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
|
This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
|
|
This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 06:14, 22 January 2019 | | 2,423 × 3,400 (3.23 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
File usage
The following 2 pages use this file:
