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Prayer Book with Textile Pastedown

The Walters Art Museum

19th–20th centuriesManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Prayer Book with Textile Pastedown, Ethiopia (textile possibly England), 19th or 20th century, ink and paint on parchment between wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather and textile linings on the inside, The Walters Art Museum, W.956, inside cover.
Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 319, cat. 217 (supplied scan PDF p. 316)
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Catalogue no. 217: Prayer Book with Textile Pastedown. 19th or 20th century; ink and paint on parchment between wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather and textile linings on the inside; Ethiopia (textile possibly England).

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Source date: 19th or 20th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: The Walters Art Museum
Recorded provenance: Ethiopia (textile possibly England)
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. 217
Source locator: Printed p. 319, cat. 217 (supplied scan PDF p. 316)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).