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Double-Sided Leaf from a Sənsul with an Unidentified Saint and Saint Thaddeus (side A) and the Enthroned Virgin and Child with Archangels Michael and Gabriel (side B)

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum

16th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Double-Sided Leaf from a Sənsul with an Unidentified Saint and Saint Thaddeus (side A) and the Enthroned Virgin and Child with Archangels Michael and Gabriel (side B), Gundä Gunde (Ethiopia), 16th century, ink and paint on parchment, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, W.929.
Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 113, cat. 49 (supplied scan PDF p. 111)
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Catalogue no. 49: Double-Sided Leaf from a Sənsul with an Unidentified Saint and Saint Thaddeus (side A) and the Enthroned Virgin and Child with Archangels Michael and Gabriel (side B). 16th century; ink and paint on parchment; Gundä Gunde (Ethiopia).

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Source date: 16th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum
Recorded provenance: Gundä Gunde (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. 49
Source locator: Printed p. 113, cat. 49 (supplied scan PDF p. 111)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).