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The Archangel helping Hezekiah of Judah defeat Sennacherib of Assyria

Zämänfäs Qeddus (Scribe)
late 17th century (early Gondarine)
ink and pigments on medium weight/quality parchment with yellowed edges
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Ethiopia)

Provenance
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Gäbrä and Giyorgis Sellase [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Kidanä and Sählä Maryam [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Knopfelmacher Collection, New York, No. 2 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Wright Gallery, New York, 1995-1996; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.

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Geographies

Ethiopia, Gondar (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 10 x W: 9 1/16 in. (25.4 x 23 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1996

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.835.80R

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Gondar Homiliary

Zämänfäs Qeddus
late 17th century (early Gondarine)
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