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Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Original Embossed Leather Cover

Salem, The Peabody Essex Museum

15th–16th centuriesManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Original Embossed Leather Cover, Ethiopia, 15th-early 16th century, parchment, ink, paint, and leather, Salem, The Peabody Essex Museum, E67892.
Kathy Tarantola
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 110, cat. 44 (supplied scan PDF p. 109)
Image locator Printed p. 110-111, cat. 44 (supplied scan PDF p. 109)
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Catalogue no. 44: Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Original Embossed Leather Cover. 15th-early 16th century; parchment, ink, paint, and leather; Ethiopia.

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Source date: 15th-early 16th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: Salem, The Peabody Essex 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. 44
Source locator: Printed p. 110, cat. 44 (supplied scan PDF p. 109)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).