The Paris manuscript contains a mid-14th-century colophon which helps to date the group. 3475 a-b, and another fragment in the National Museum, Stockholm, NM B 2034. 32, a fragment in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Inventory no. Several related manuscripts have been identified that seem to be based on the same prototype, most notably Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, eth. The manuscript therefore appears to be based on a sixth-century exemplar containing images connected to the Byzantine cult of holy places. Most notable is its prefatory image cycle, which makes references to holy places in Jerusalem, such as Golgotha and the Holy Sepulcher, as they appeared in the sixth century. It was written by the scribe Mäṭre Krastos in the official liturgical language of Ethiopia, Ga'az. This Gospel book was written in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in the early 14th century, and was once owned by the Church of Saint George in Debre Mark'os.