Healing scroll (tälsäm): face within a cross-shaped ornament, Peinture éthiopienne

Healing scroll (tälsäm): face within a cross-shaped ornament

Peinture éthiopienne (14th-19th century)

Movement: Ethiopian Christian art
Date: 19th century
Medium: Pigments on parchment
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Scroll Face Eye Pattern Geometric Symmetry Ornament Frieze Orange Brown Black White Ocher Line Circle Diamond Manuscript Parchment Page Writing Inscription Calligraphy Letter Afrique

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