Processional Crosses of Abba Fanuel and Abba Yohannes (14th c) and Emperor Yohan
14th-17th c Ethiopian Ethiopian Solomonic Applied Arts

ETHIOPIAN Anonymous (active )
c. 1300-1680
14th-17th c
Ethiopian Solomonic
Lake Tana.Zege Peninsula. Amhara.Ethiopia.
Lake Tana. Ethiopia. Ura Kidhana Merhat Treasury.
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The crosses of the two abbots are 14th century whiole the one of Emperor Yohannes was made between1667and1682. The dates of 1659-1674 shown above are from the Ethiopian religious calendar which did not switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar as did the west.