File:Ethiopian - Leaf from Gunda Gunde Gospels - Walters W8505R - Open Obverse.jpg

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anonymous: Ethiopian Gunda Gunde Gospels  wikidata:Q67120413 reasonator:Q67120413
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Anonymous (Ethiopia)Unknown author
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Title
Leaf from Gunda Gunde Gospels
Object type manuscript Edit this at Wikidata
Language Amharic / Ge'ez Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1540
date QS:P571,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium parchment with ink and tempera paint
Dimensions height: 30 cm (11.8 in); width: 24.5 cm (9.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,30U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,24.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.850.5R
Place of creation Ethiopia
Object history
  • Church, Mädhane Aläm at Mäjate, Ethiopia, 1892-1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Private collection, France, prior to 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Sam Fogg, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Walters Art Museum, 1998, by purchase
Credit line Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1998
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Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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