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Qur'an in Two Volumes with Leather Pouches

The Walters Art Museum

19th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Qur'an in Two Volumes with Leather Pouches, West Africa, 19th century, ink and paint on paper, bound between loose boards, leather satchel lined with discarded Qur'an folios, The Walters Art Museum, W.853.
Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 240, cat. 152 (supplied scan PDF p. 237)
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Catalogue no. 152: Qur'an in Two Volumes with Leather Pouches. 19th century; ink and paint on paper, bound between loose boards, leather satchel lined with discarded Qur'an folios; West Africa.

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Source date: 19th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: The Walters Art Museum
Recorded provenance: West Africa
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. 152
Source locator: Printed p. 240, cat. 152 (supplied scan PDF p. 237)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).