Leaf from a Gospel Book with Four Standing Evangelists, 1290–1330, Made in Lake Van region, Vaspurakan (now eastern Turkey), Armenian, Tempera and ink on parchment, Overall: 9 x 13 3/16 in. (22.8 x 33.5 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Displaying the authors of the four Gospels standing in a row at the beginning of a Gospel book is an early Christian tradition that continued to be used in some areas of Armenia into the medieval period
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Leaf, Gospel Book, Four Standing Evangelists, 1290–1330, Lake Van region, Vaspurakan, now eastern Turkey, Armenian, Tempera, ink, parchment, Overall, 9 x 13 3/16, 22.8 33.5 cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, Displaying, authors, four Gospels standing, row, book, early Christian, tradition, continued, areas, Armenia, medieval period
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