Late 17th century A.D. One side with the Crucifixion scene, Virgin Mary and Saint John weeping at the foot of the cross, the soldier Longinus piercing the side of Jesus; the other side with a diptych painted on paper representing a crowned Saint George (Bet Gorgis) and his servant Seqrates dressed like a priest, watching the miracle of the transformation of water into wine; lines of Ge'ez text in black ink on the reverse; wooden frame with closure on both sides, surmounted by a small cross. See similar image of dressed Saint George in Walters Gallery, Ethiopian Manuscript W835, folio 37.455 grams, 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.). Ex Cy Lester, an antiquarian bookseller, London, UK, circa 1990. Ex central London gallery. Among the imagery of Ethiopian equestrian saints, three main representational categories can be distinguished: 1) simple portrait of the saint armed with spear or lance and holding the reins of a horse; 2) the saint spearing an enemy; 3) the saint according to one of the aforementioned types placed in a narrative scene. [No Reserve]