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anonymous: Ethiopian Gunda Gunde Gospels
Artist	anonymous        Alternative names Unknown authorUnknown author Description artist Authority file : Q4233718 VIAF: 100627125 ISNI: 0000000423864522 ULAN: 500125274 MusicBrainz: f731ccc4-e22a-43af-a747-64213329e088 GND: 4245422-0 artist QS:P170,Q4233718
Title	Gunda Gunde Gospels
Object type	manuscript
Language	Amharic / Ge'ez
Date	circa 1540 date QS:P571,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Stephanite)
Medium	parchment bound between wooden boards covered with remains of leather
Dimensions	Closed height: 30 cm (11.8 in); width: 25.9 cm (10.1 in); depth: 8.9 cm (3.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,30U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,25.9U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,8.9U174728 ; Display, open height: 30.2 cm (11.8 in); width: 41.5 cm (16.3 in); depth: 21.8 cm (8.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,30.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,41.5U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,21.8U174728 ; Box height: 33.2 cm (13 in); width: 29.9 cm (11.7 in); depth: 11.9 cm (4.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,33.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,29.9U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,11.9U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	W.850
Place of creation	Ethiopia
Object history	Church, Mädhane Aläm at Mäjate, Ethiopia, 1892-1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] Private collection, France, prior to 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown] Sam Fogg, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Walters Art Museum, 1998, by purchase
Exhibition history	Ethiopian Gospel Book: New Acquisition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999. Illuminating the Word: Gospel Books in the Middle Ages. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004. Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art, New York. 2006-2007. The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009. The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009-2010. Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2011-2012.
Credit line	Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1998
References	https://www.wdl.org/en/item/13019/  http://thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W850/ http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W850/description.html https://art.thewalters.org/detail/31403
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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