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Bifolium from a sensul

Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich · 86-307 643

16th centurySensul & parchment artSciacca, “Exploring Sensuls” (The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 76)

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

Description written for this catalogue from Christine Sciacca's Figure 10 caption and accompanying analysis, and claims nothing beyond them.

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The article identifies stitching and folded edges as evidence that this bifolium belonged to a chained, accordion-fold manuscript.

Description written for this catalogue from Christine Sciacca's Figure 10 caption and accompanying analysis, and claims nothing beyond them.

Source date
Early 16th century
Date evidence
Date wording taken from the article caption. Where the article's analysis disagrees with the caption, both readings are kept and labelled here rather than one being chosen.
Holding institution
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich
Shelfmark
86-307 643
Recorded provenance
Ethiopia
Place evidence
Place wording transcribed from the peer-reviewed article caption; it is not expanded into a province.
Catalogue source
Sciacca, “Exploring Sensuls” (The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 76)
Source record
Christine Sciacca, “Exploring Sensuls,” Figure 10