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Scenes of Saint Michael, Gondar Homiliary

The Walters Art Museum

17th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Zamanfas Qaddus (scribe), Scenes of Saint Michael, Gondar Homiliary, Gondar (Ethiopia), late 17th century, ink and paint on parchment between wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather and protected by a textile chemise, The Walters Art Museum, W.835, fols. 72v-73r.
Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 309, cat. 194 (supplied scan PDF p. 306)
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Catalogue no. 194: Scenes of Saint Michael, Gondar Homiliary. late 17th century; ink and paint on parchment between wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather and protected by a textile chemise; Gondar (Ethiopia).

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Source date: late 17th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: The Walters Art Museum
Recorded provenance: Gondar (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. 194
Source locator: Printed p. 309, cat. 194 (supplied scan PDF p. 306)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).