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Gospel Book (multiple openings): Saint John the Evangelist and Incipit Page for the Gospel of John with Haräg (Tendrils); Adoration of the Magi and Shepherds, and Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels Michael and Gabriel

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum

16th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)

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Plate 1Gospel Book (multiple openings): Saint John the Evangelist and Incipit Page for the Gospel of John with Haräg (Tendrils); Adoration of the Magi and Shepherds, and Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Ethiopia, first half of the 16th century, ink and paint on parchment, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, W.850, fols. 153v-154r and 2v-3r.
Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.
Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 138, cat. 75 (supplied scan PDF p. 136)
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Catalogue no. 75: Gospel Book (multiple openings): Saint John the Evangelist and Incipit Page for the Gospel of John with Haräg (Tendrils); Adoration of the Magi and Shepherds, and Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels Michael and Gabriel. first half of the 16th century; ink and paint on parchment; Ethiopia.

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Source date: first half of the 16th century
Date evidence: Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution: Baltimore, 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. 75
Source locator: Printed p. 138, cat. 75 (supplied scan PDF p. 136)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).