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Document identity
localId
31969
label
Mary and Joseph with the Innocents massacred by King Herod
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obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
31969
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mary and Joseph with the Innocents massacred by King Herod
provenance
Monastery at Gunda Gunde, northeastern Ethiopia, early- to mid- sixteenth century; Church of Mädhane Aläm at Mäjate, Ethiopia, 1892-1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, France, prior to 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sam Fogg, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1998, by purchase.
date
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30
height
24.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (30 x 24.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian Highland Ethiopian
style
Gunda Gunde
med
ink and pigments on heavy, thick parchment
creator_ids
6264
collection_ids
MSS
BYZ
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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585e9dc686fd2cc0
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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d39b478db1668218
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no
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no