Habesha History
Profile

Verified imagecrossroads:cat:136

Bifolium from a Gospel Book with Canon Tables

The Walters Art Museum

14th–15th centuriesManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Plate 1 of 1
Plate 1Bifolium from a Gospel Book with Canon Tables, Ethiopia, late 14th-early 15th century, ink and paint on parchment, The Walters Art Museum, W.838, fols. 1V-2r.

Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 219, cat. 136 (supplied scan PDF p. 216)

Reuse and attributionThe site owner has explicitly confirmed written permission to publish all 263 catalogue images and the five architecture figures from this book on HabeshaHistory.com. Original image credits are retained; no downstream reuse permission is granted.
Open source record
Bifolium from a Gospel Book with Canon Tables, Ethiopia, late 14th-early 15th century, ink and paint on parchment, The Walters Art Museum, W.838, fols. 1V-2r.Plate 1 · Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon. · Printed p. 219, cat. 136 (supplied scan PDF p. 216)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 136: Bifolium from a Gospel Book with Canon Tables. late 14th-early 15th century; ink and paint on parchment; Ethiopia.

Description supplied by the holding institution or cited catalogue.

Source date
late 14th-early 15th century
Date evidence
Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution
The Walters Art Museum
Recorded provenance
Ethiopia
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. 136
Source locator
Printed p. 219, cat. 136 (supplied scan PDF p. 216)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).