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Source Description
Binding is non-original, bound in Tegray, Ethiopia.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
87628
label
Binding for Ethiopian Gospels
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
87628
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding for Ethiopian Gospels
description
Binding is non-original, bound in Tegray, Ethiopia.
provenance
Copied by Matre Krestos in Northern Ethiopia, early fourteenth century; Abba Arkä Sellus [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Church of Mary of Seku [date of acquisition unknown] by gift; Church of St. George at Dabra Ma'ar, before 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection [Nooter 20.15], Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1996, by purchase.
date
early 14th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
bindings
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.7
height
17
depth
11.4
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 10 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 4 1/2 in. (26.7 x 17 x 11.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian Highland Ethiopian
style
Ethiopian
med
plain wooden boards, broken and stitched, front and back; chain stitching at four points
creator_ids
6264
collection_ids
MSS
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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no
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no
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photo
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23d65649e217180c
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no
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no
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photo
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039c7287beab2b76
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no
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no