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Sansul Leaves with Saints and Scenes from the Jewish and Christian Bibles

Minneapolis Institute of Art

17th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Sansul Leaves with Saints and Scenes from the Jewish and Christian Bibles, Ethiopia (Sawa?), late 17th century, pigments on vellum, individual leaves, framed, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2009.39.3A-RR.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 317, cat. 212 (supplied scan PDF p. 314)
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Catalogue no. 212: Sansul Leaves with Saints and Scenes from the Jewish and Christian Bibles. late 17th century; pigments on vellum, individual leaves, framed; Ethiopia (Sawa?).

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Source date: late 17th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Recorded provenance: Ethiopia (Sawa?)
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. 212
Source locator: Printed p. 317, cat. 212 (supplied scan PDF p. 314)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).