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| Title: | Moses the Abyssinian |
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| Notes: | "According to local tradition St. Moses the Abyssinian was the son of a king of Ethiopia. He refused to accept the crown, honors, and marriage, and instead he looked towards the kingdom of God. He traveled to Egypt and then to the Holy Land. Afterward, he lived as a monk in Qara, Syria, and then as a hermit not far from there in the valley of what is today the monastery. There he was martyred by Byzantine soldiers...The monastery of St. Moses existed from the middle of the sixth century, and belonged to the Syrian Antiochian Rite. The present monastery church was built in the Islamic year 450 (1058 AD), according to Arabic inscriptions on the walls, which begin with the words: "In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate". The frescoes go back to the 11th and 12th centuries." |
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| Date: | 11th-12th centuries |
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| Object/Function: | Fresco |
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| City/Town: | Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi
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| Country: | Syria
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| Scripture: | Romans 8:26-39
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| Person as Subject: | Moses the Black, 330-405
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| Lectionary links: | AProp12
BDiv
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| General Subject: | Martyrs
Culture: Ethiopian
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| Record Number: | 55477
Last Updated: 2021-09-23 10:08:43
Record Created: 2013-01-24 15:05:46 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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