Context
This manuscript was made in the 14th century in Ethiopia by a scribe called Mätre Krestos. It is leaf from a Gospel Book, which itself belonged to a larger group of manuscripts produced at a monastery in northern Ethiopia also during the 14th century.
Style
This image is of an illuminated manuscript made from colorful ink and paint on heavy yellow parchment. The manuscript was designed with the help of a specially designed grid, as evidenced by the vertical lines left over in the margins. This suggests this image might have been mass-produced (as much as something from that era could be mass-produced), or at the very least copied a few times.
Reading connection
The "Cut and Sell" reading discusses the different types of manuscripts produced in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The three main types are the codex, the scroll, and the accordion book (the subject of the reading itself). I believe that the image here likely came from a codex, as it appears to have been sewn together like the reading describes ("...which is made up of folded parchment leaves collected into gatherings or quires, sewn together, and given covers made of wood or hide.")
Module connection
Illuminated manuscripts did not justappear in the region of Ethiopia. As we discussed in class. they were heavily present in Coptic Egypt as well. However, the styles of the manuscripts' illustration differ because of the geographic distance. The examples from Coptic Egyptian appear more similar to earlier pagan/polytheisitic style Egyptian art (ex: the antelope in the Pierpont Morgan copy of a manuscript).
Subject
The first page of this manuscript shows the crucifixation of Jesus Christ, who is represented as a sacrifical lamb (the Lamb of God). The second page depicts holy women at Christ's tomb, discovering he has risen from the dead.
Wynne Smith - Object Annotation 6
Wynne Smith
Created on November 3, 2025
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Transcript
Context
This manuscript was made in the 14th century in Ethiopia by a scribe called Mätre Krestos. It is leaf from a Gospel Book, which itself belonged to a larger group of manuscripts produced at a monastery in northern Ethiopia also during the 14th century.
Style
This image is of an illuminated manuscript made from colorful ink and paint on heavy yellow parchment. The manuscript was designed with the help of a specially designed grid, as evidenced by the vertical lines left over in the margins. This suggests this image might have been mass-produced (as much as something from that era could be mass-produced), or at the very least copied a few times.
Reading connection
The "Cut and Sell" reading discusses the different types of manuscripts produced in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The three main types are the codex, the scroll, and the accordion book (the subject of the reading itself). I believe that the image here likely came from a codex, as it appears to have been sewn together like the reading describes ("...which is made up of folded parchment leaves collected into gatherings or quires, sewn together, and given covers made of wood or hide.")
Module connection
Illuminated manuscripts did not justappear in the region of Ethiopia. As we discussed in class. they were heavily present in Coptic Egypt as well. However, the styles of the manuscripts' illustration differ because of the geographic distance. The examples from Coptic Egyptian appear more similar to earlier pagan/polytheisitic style Egyptian art (ex: the antelope in the Pierpont Morgan copy of a manuscript).
Subject
The first page of this manuscript shows the crucifixation of Jesus Christ, who is represented as a sacrifical lamb (the Lamb of God). The second page depicts holy women at Christ's tomb, discovering he has risen from the dead.