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Document identity
localId
88476
label
Above: How the Heathen made the Christian swear when he loaned him gold, and one of his hands was paralyzed; Below: How the Heathen was baptized when he saw the power of St. Michael, and how he served with the Christian inside the church of St. Michael
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
88476
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Above: How the Heathen made the Christian swear when he loaned him gold, and one of his hands was paralyzed; Below: How the Heathen was baptized when he saw the power of St. Michael, and how he served with the Christian inside the church of St. Michael
provenance
Gäbrä and Giyorgis Sellase [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Kidanä and Sählä Maryam [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Knopfelmacher Collection, New York, No. 2 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Wright Gallery, New York, 1995-1996; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.
date
late 17th century (early Gondarine)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.4
height
23
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 x W: 9 1/16 in. (25.4 x 23 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian Highland Ethiopian
med
ink and pigments on medium weight/quality parchment with yellowed edges
creator_ids
31615
collection_ids
MSS
ETH
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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461000f7e3aef508