M0008111: King Theodore's Bible, folio 23 and 24

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Photograph of folios 23 and 24, illustrations of six apostles, from of the King Theodore's Bible, an Ethiopic manuscript written on vellum with a tooled leather binding. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at auction in 1930 for £180 (accession number 62892). In 1942 the item was given by the Museum to Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie. Related images: M0008107, M0008108, M0008109, M0008110, M0008112, M0008113, M0008114.

M0008111: King Theodore's Bible, folio 23 and 24

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