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Elderly priest with an illuminated gospel at Mor Philoxenos, Midyat, 1909

Place: Midyat · today Türkiye
Date: 1909

An elderly priest with a long staff sits beside an open illuminated manuscript gospel resting on a carved stone with an inscription, at the monastery church of Mor Philoxenos in Midyat. Bell's caption reads "Mar Philoxenos"; 21 May 1909.

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Wikimedia Commons (from the Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University, GB/3/1/13/2/7)

Gertrude Bell · Public domain

Elderly priest with an illuminated gospel at Mor Philoxenos, Midyat, 1909

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