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Canon Tables and Abraham Embracing Isaac and Jacob above Prophets, Gospel Book

Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum

15th–16th centuriesManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Canon Tables and Abraham Embracing Isaac and Jacob above Prophets, Gospel Book, Ethiopia, ca. 1480-1520, tempera on parchment bound between wood boards, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, MS 105, fols. 5v-6r (2010.17).
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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 96, cat. 19 (supplied scan PDF p. 96)
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Catalogue no. 19: Canon Tables and Abraham Embracing Isaac and Jacob above Prophets, Gospel Book. ca. 1480-1520; tempera on parchment bound between wood boards; Ethiopia.

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Source date: ca. 1480-1520
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty 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. 19
Source locator: Printed p. 96, cat. 19 (supplied scan PDF p. 96)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).