About the Artwork
Book on the Life and Miracles of Saint Gabra Manfas Quedus
early 18th century
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African
Ethiopian
Ink and colors on parchment
Overall (closed): 10 1/8 × 9 × 4 1/2 inches (25.7 × 22.9 × 11.4 cm)
Manuscripts
African Art
Museum Purchase, Ernest & Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund
2015.65
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, throughout
Provenance
(Sam Fogg Ltd., London, England)
2015-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Ethiopian, African, Book on the Life and Miracles of Saint Gabra Manfas Quedus, early 18th century, ink and colors on parchment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ernest & Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2015.65.
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