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Prayer Book

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum

20th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Plate 1 of 1
Plate 1Prayer Book, Ethiopia, mid-20th century, ink and paint on parchment bound between wooden boards; leather satchel, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, W.784.

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

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 98, cat. 21 (supplied scan PDF p. 98)

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Prayer Book, Ethiopia, mid-20th century, ink and paint on parchment bound between wooden boards; leather satchel, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, W.784.Plate 1 · Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon. · Printed p. 98, cat. 21 (supplied scan PDF p. 98)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 21: Prayer Book. mid-20th century; ink and paint on parchment bound between wooden boards; leather satchel; Ethiopia.

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Source date
mid-20th century
Date evidence
Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution
Baltimore, 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. 21
Source locator
Printed p. 98, cat. 21 (supplied scan PDF p. 98)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).