Binding for Ethiopic Psalter with Canticles, Song of Songs, and two hymns in praise of Mary

Description Provenance Credit

Description Binding is original. Blind-tooled, stamped goatskin with cross design over wooden boards.

Provenance Gonderite royal family, before 1769; Wälättä Heywät and Wälättä Kidan [added prayers] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1960, by purchase.

Credit Purchased by the Walters Art Museum through the S. & A. P. Fund, 1960

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Creators

Saint Yared the Aksumite priest (6th century) (Author)
Saint Ephrem Syrus (303-373) (Author)

Period

Early 18th century and 19th century

Medium

blind-tooled, stamped goatskin with cross design over wooden boards
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.768.binding

Measurements

H: 12 3/16 x W: 11 7/16 in. (31 x 29 cm)

Geographies

Ethiopia (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View