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Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels, Hermeneiai (Commentaries) with Hymns

The Morgan Library & Museum

9th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels, Hermeneiai (Commentaries) with Hymns, Egypt, 897 or 898 CE, tempera on parchment, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.574, fol. 1v.

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 194, cat. 110 (supplied scan PDF p. 192)

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Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels, Hermeneiai (Commentaries) with Hymns, Egypt, 897 or 898 CE, tempera on parchment, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.574, fol. 1v.Plate 1 · The Morgan Library & Museum, New York · Printed p. 194, cat. 110 (supplied scan PDF p. 192)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 110: Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels, Hermeneiai (Commentaries) with Hymns. 897 or 898 CE; tempera on parchment; Egypt.

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Source date
897 or 898 CE
Date evidence
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Holding institution
The Morgan Library & Museum
Recorded provenance
Egypt
Place evidence
Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
Catalogue source
Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Source record
Cat. 110
Source locator
Printed p. 194, cat. 110 (supplied scan PDF p. 192)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).