Binding from Two Ethiopian Prayer Books copied together

Description Binding is non-original. Dark goatskin over heavy pasteboard(?)

Provenance Made in north central Ethiopia, 18th century, for Gäbrä Giyorgis [fols. 14v, 20v, 24r, and passim]; Joseph Dietrich, Alexandria, VA [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mr. Gene Guerny, [date of acquisition unknown] otained from Joseph Dietrich; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by gift.

Credit Gift of Gene Guerny, 1997