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Gospel Book

Private Collection

17th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Basalyos (scribe), the Night-Heron Master (Ground Hornbill Master) (artist), Gospel Book, Ethiopia, late 17th century, pigments on vellum, Private Collection.

David Brunetti, London, UK, @brunettiphotography

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 316, cat. 210 (supplied scan PDF p. 313)

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Basalyos (scribe), the Night-Heron Master (Ground Hornbill Master) (artist), Gospel Book, Ethiopia, late 17th century, pigments on vellum, Private Collection.Plate 1 · David Brunetti, London, UK, @brunettiphotography · Printed p. 316, cat. 210 (supplied scan PDF p. 313)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 210: Gospel Book. late 17th century; pigments on vellum; Ethiopia.

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Source date
late 17th century
Date evidence
Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution
Private Collection
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. 210
Source locator
Printed p. 316, cat. 210 (supplied scan PDF p. 313)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).