Book on the Life and Miracles of Saint Gabra Manfas Quedus, early 18th century

  • Ethiopian, African

Ink and colors on parchment

  • Overall (closed): 10 1/8 × 9 × 4 1/2 inches (25.7 × 22.9 × 11.4 cm)

Museum Purchase, Ernest & Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund

2015.65

Inscribed, throughout

(Sam Fogg Ltd., London, England)

2015-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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.