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Śälamat (Greetings) to Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Talismanic Prayers

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

17th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Śälamat (Greetings) to Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Talismanic Prayers, Ethiopia, 17th century, tempera and ink on parchment, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2016.231.

Travis Fullerton© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 330, cat. 223 (supplied scan PDF p. 327)

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Śälamat (Greetings) to Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Talismanic Prayers, Ethiopia, 17th century, tempera and ink on parchment, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2016.231.Plate 1 · Travis Fullerton© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Printed p. 330, cat. 223 (supplied scan PDF p. 327)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 223: Śälamat (Greetings) to Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Talismanic Prayers. 17th century; tempera and ink on parchment; Ethiopia.

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Source date
17th century
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Holding institution
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Recorded provenance
Ethiopia
Place evidence
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Catalogue source
Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Source record
Cat. 223
Source locator
Printed p. 330, cat. 223 (supplied scan PDF p. 327)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).