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Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Images of Saints

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

15th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Images of Saints, Ethiopia, 15th century, tempera and ink on parchment, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2012.301.

Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 111, cat. 46 (supplied scan PDF p. 109)

Image locator Printed p. 110-111, cat. 46 (supplied scan PDF p. 109)

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Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Images of Saints, Ethiopia, 15th century, tempera and ink on parchment, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2012.301.Plate 1 · Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Printed p. 111, cat. 46 (supplied scan PDF p. 109) · Image: Printed p. 110-111, cat. 46 (supplied scan PDF p. 109)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 46: Sənsul (Chained Manuscript) with Images of Saints. 15th century; tempera and ink on parchment; Ethiopia.

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Source date
15th century
Date evidence
Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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. 46
Source locator
Printed p. 111, cat. 46 (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).