two series of loose illuminated folios

kept in the collections of the Newark useum and of the Walters

rt useum. The Newark useum, which owns a small but inter-
esting collection of thiopian art, has a single leaf with the rdeal of the
Bitter Water on the recto and the Nativity on the verso ( g. 1) as well as a

would like to thank Lynley . Herbert, urator of are Books and anuscripts at the
Walters rt useum, for allowing me to consult material relevant to my research hrista
larke, Senior urator, rts of lobal ica at the Newark useum, for giving me access to
reproductions of the folios om the Newark useum and allowing me to work on these the
Hill useum anuscript Library for access to the micro lms of some of the ospels
discussed in this study oshua riscoll, ssistant urator of edieval and enaissance
anuscripts at The organ Library and useum, for allowing me to examine the library s
thiopic ospel enis Nosnitsin, for giving me access to the manuscripts documented by the
thio-SPa e pro ect urt Niccum, Professor at the bilene hristian niversity for answer-
ing my query ntonella Brita for commenting on a dra and ichael ervers for allowing
me to use his images. This study was made possible by nancial support om the dith
onnell nstitute of rt History, the niversity of Texas at allas, and the Beta ma
pro ect, Hiob Ludolf entre for thiopian Studies, niversit t Hamburg. The directors of
the two institutes, ichard . Brettell and lessandro Bausi, helped me pursue my research
aims. am indebted to many colleagues for sharing their work and ideas with me, including
Lucy- nne Hunt, lizabeth ullins, andall osenfeld, and rancesco iuto.

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