Ethiopian depiction of an Ethiopian abbot from the sixteenth century. He is shown holding a cross and a flywhisk in one hand and an open book in the other.

St Hābta Śəllāse (ሃብተ፡ ሥላሴ፡, "Gift of the Trinity"), a 16th-century abbot of the venerable Monastery of Gunda Gunde… which means that this illumination may have been painted by someone who knew him! 😍

Ethiopia, 16th c. #saint #habtasellase #africansaint #africanart