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Jacopo Gnisci, Lecturer in Art and Visual Cultures of the Global South, UCL

This 18th-century Gospel has reignited a fierce battle over Ethiopia’s looted heritage

A high-stakes cultural dispute has erupted over the promoted sale of an important 18th-century Ethiopian manuscript at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

The Magdala Gospel is a large manuscript, probably dating to the second half of the 18th century. It measures approximately 360 x 290 x 100mm and contains the Gospel of Luke and most of the Gospel of John.

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