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Gospel Book
Not on view
Here, Saint John the Baptist baptizes Christ standing in the River Jordan in the presence of his disciples. On the other side of Christ, an angel holds a large vial of Holy Chrism, the oil used in the baptism rite of the Armenian Church. The presence of chrism and Armenian-style monastic dress in the adjoining Compendium of Chronicles reflects the significance of Armenian painting in the development of Islamic figurative imagery at the time.
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