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Binding is original. Blind-tooled, stamped goatskin with cross design over wooden boards.

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Document identity
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87625
label
Binding for Ethiopic Psalter with Canticles, Song of Songs, and two hymns in praise of Mary
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Source metadata
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87625
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title
Binding for Ethiopic Psalter with Canticles, Song of Songs, and two hymns in praise of Mary
description
Binding is original. Blind-tooled, stamped goatskin with cross design over wooden boards.
provenance
Gonderite royal family, before 1769; Wälättä Heywät and Wälättä Kidan [added prayers] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1960, by purchase.
date
Early 18th century and 19th century
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CC0
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en
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treatises
bindings
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cm
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31
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29
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H: 12 3/16 x W: 11 7/16 in. (31 x 29 cm)
Source extras
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Christian Ethiopian
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blind-tooled, stamped goatskin with cross design over wooden boards
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none
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