Binding for Ethiopic Psalter with Canticles, Song of Songs, and two hymns in praise of Mary
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Binding is original. Blind-tooled, stamped goatskin with cross design over wooden boards.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Gonderite royal family, before 1769; Wälättä Heywät and Wälättä Kidan [added prayers] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1960, by purchase.
Geographies
Ethiopia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 3/16 x W: 11 7/16 in. (31 x 29 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased by the Walters Art Museum through the S. & A.P. Fund, 1960
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.768.binding