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Source Description
Binding is original. Plain wooden boards, broken and stitched, front and back, with remains of leather on the upper board; chain stitching at six stations
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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78137
label
Binding from Ethiopian Gospels
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obj
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Source metadata
id
78137
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Binding from Ethiopian Gospels
description
Binding is original. Plain wooden boards, broken and stitched, front and back, with remains of leather on the upper board; chain stitching at six stations
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
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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bindings
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9
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9
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
30
height
25.4
depth
9
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 10 x D: 3 9/16 in. (30 x 25.4 x 9 cm)
Source extras
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Christian Highland Ethiopian
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Plain wooden boards, broken and stitched, front and back, with remains of leather on the upper board; chain stitching at six stations
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6264
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BYZ
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none
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