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Mary Rescuing an Artist Who Fell from the Scaffolding While Painting Frescoes (top left) and Mary Giving Water to Drink from Her Shoe (bottom left), Waddase Maryam (Praise of Virgin Mary) Manuscript

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18th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Mary Rescuing an Artist Who Fell from the Scaffolding While Painting Frescoes (top left) and Mary Giving Water to Drink from Her Shoe (bottom left), Waddase Maryam (Praise of Virgin Mary) Manuscript, Ethiopia, first half of the 18th century, parchment, wooden boards, stitched with open spine, Princeton University Library, Co744.03, No. 65, fols. 27v (top), 99r (bottom).
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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 318, cat. 214 (supplied scan PDF p. 315)
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Catalogue no. 214: Mary Rescuing an Artist Who Fell from the Scaffolding While Painting Frescoes (top left) and Mary Giving Water to Drink from Her Shoe (bottom left), Waddase Maryam (Praise of Virgin Mary) Manuscript. first half of the 18th century; parchment, wooden boards, stitched with open spine; Ethiopia.

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Source date: first half of the 18th century
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Holding institution: Princeton University Library
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. 214
Source locator: Printed p. 318, cat. 214 (supplied scan PDF p. 315)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).