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Prayer Book

The Walters Art Museum

Manuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Plate 1 of 1
Plate 1Prayer Book, Ethiopia, ink on parchment between wooden boards covered with goatskin, The Walters Art Museum, 2001.32.1, fols. 1V-2r.

Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 332, cat. 225 (supplied scan PDF p. 329)

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Prayer Book, Ethiopia, ink on parchment between wooden boards covered with goatskin, The Walters Art Museum, 2001.32.1, fols. 1V-2r.Plate 1 · Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon. · Printed p. 332, cat. 225 (supplied scan PDF p. 329)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 225: Prayer Book. Date not recorded in the catalogue; ink on parchment between wooden boards covered with goatskin; Ethiopia.

Description supplied by the holding institution or cited catalogue.

Holding institution
The Walters Art Museum
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. 225
Source locator
Printed p. 332, cat. 225 (supplied scan PDF p. 329)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).