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Binding from Gondarine sensul. Upper board inside: Joachim and Anna presenting Mary to the temple; Lower board inside: Mary enthroned.
(Ethiopia)
Binding date is unknown, uncertain if original to manuscript. Upper and lower boards made of heavy undecorated hide, stitched to ends of parchment strip.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C., before 1996 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Nooter 20.4]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.
Geographies
Ethiopia, Gondar
(Place of Origin)
Ethiopia (Kid-Friendly)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1996
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
36.10.binding
