Lecture – “Manuscript Art from Late Antique Ethiopia”

On the occasion of the Summer School “Manuscript Heritage of Ethiopia: Theory and Practice”, Dr. Jacopo Gnisci will hold a free lecture entitled “Manuscript art from late Antique Ethiopia” dedicated to the history of manuscript illumination in Ethiopia during the Christian Aksumite period, with a particular focus on two dazzlingly illustrated Gospel books from the Gärima monastery. Dr. Jacopo Gnisci is a Research Associate (illuminated manuscripts) at the University of Oxford as part of the Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East ERC Project, he obtained a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies and worked there as a…