Question
A tradition from this present-day country drew on art from Santa Maria Maggiore (“mah-JOH-ray”) to develop harag illumination. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country whose brightly-colored illuminated manuscripts often featured red, yellow, blue, and green paint, eschewed shading, and depicted front-facing rounded figures with almond-shaped eyes.
ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk, Itiyoophiyaa, Ítiyop’iya, or Itoobiya] (The manuscripts were created by members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.)
[10m] Ethiopian harag recalls the dense geometricism of non-figurative pages named for these objects in Insular manuscripts. A couplet by Ḥāfeẓ is inscribed on one of these objects from Safavid Iran at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
ANSWER: carpets [accept carpet pages; accept rugs; accept Ardabil carpet; prompt on textiles or floor coverings]
[10e] Ethiopian Orthodox dabtara clerics created “healing” examples of these objects for animal sacrifice rituals. Chinese landscapes were often painted on “hanging” silk examples of these objects.
ANSWER: scrolls [accept hanging scrolls or guàzhóu; accept silk scrolls or lìzhóu; accept healing scrolls, ma’ero qumät, yä branna ketab, or tälsäm; prompt on paper or parchment]
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