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King David, Manuscript Leaf

Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art

15th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Plate 1 of 1
Plate 1King David, Manuscript Leaf, Ethiopia, 15th century, pigments on vellum, Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 2004-7-7.

Franko Khoury

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 95, cat. 18 (supplied scan PDF p. 95)

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King David, Manuscript Leaf, Ethiopia, 15th century, pigments on vellum, Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 2004-7-7.Plate 1 · Franko Khoury · Printed p. 95, cat. 18 (supplied scan PDF p. 95)

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Catalogue no. 18: King David, Manuscript Leaf. 15th century; pigments on vellum; Ethiopia.

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Source date
15th century
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Holding institution
Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art
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. 18
Source locator
Printed p. 95, cat. 18 (supplied scan PDF p. 95)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).