Kota Maryam Monastery. Mounted priest with two black servants.

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ETHIOPIAN LATER SOLOMONIC Anonymous: Emperor Zara Yaecob introduced the Marian ritual in 1441 and Yaecob mandated that all prostrate themselves before icons of the Virgin. With this came to need for icons. None exist before the 15th century, but many come after.

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