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Ethiopian synaxarium (Book of Saints) (Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.1088).

Accession number
MS M.1088
Object title
Ethiopian synaxarium (Book of Saints) (Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.1088).
Display Date
1700-1980s.
Created
Ethiopia, probably Gondar, 1700-1980s.
Binding
Blind-stamped native goat-skin over wooden boards.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1993.
Description
137 leaves (3 columns, 35 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 367 x 321 mm
Provenance
Sotheby's sale (London, 23 June 1987, lot 139); Sam Fogg, London; purchased from Sam Fogg on the Acquisitions Fund in 1993.
Notes
Ms. synaxarium (book of saints); written in Ethiopia, probably Gondar, (falsely dated 1646 in the colophon), in the 18th century, miniatures executed in the 20th century.
Decoration: 44 miniatures by a 20th-century forger (probably in the 1980s)
Script
Ethiopic
Language
Ge'ez
Century
Classification