A Marginal Note to “Four Sistine Ethiopians?”

With reference to Marco Bonechi’s article in this issue of Aethiopica, the present paper briefly surveys the evidence for the 1481 Ethiopian “embassy” to Pope Sixtus IV and then explores the possibility of identifying Anthony, head of that embassy, with “Fra Antonio Abissino” portrayed, most likely...

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Main Author: Gianfranco Fiaccadori
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut Alsterterrasse 1 D-20354 Hamburg Germany 2013-04-01
Series:Aethiopica
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/416