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Parchment Manuscript: Arganona Weddase

Parchment Manuscript: Arganona Weddase

1971.05.0004

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Parchment Manuscript: Arganona Weddase (1971.05.0004)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, East : Ethiopia : Addis Ababa
Period/Date	Early 19th century
Culture	Ethiopian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	17.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	16.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	7.4 cm
Weight	1,073 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Paper--Parchment, Plant--Wood, Plant, Pigment--Ink
Manufacturing Processes	Sawing, Cutting, Papermaking, Writing, Ropemaking,

Research Remarks

Published Description	N/A
Description	N/A
Comparanda	N/A
Bibliography	A critical edition of the surviving manuscript of the "Organ" was published by Leander in 1922. Gerald Browne has not yet published the alternate readings of the WHM text. "Testimony that it's no testament," Heritage, 2/1 (Nov. 1982), p. 3 "Language Profile." UCLA Language Materials Project: Main. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. . "Prayer Book: Arganona Weddase (The Harp of Praise) [Baselyos, Ethiopia, Lasta region] (2006.99) \| Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. .

Artifact History

Archaeological Data	N/A
Credit Line/Dedication	Purchase
Reproduction	no
Reproduction Information	The Arganona Weddase was composed ca. 1440 by Abba George the Armenian at the request of Zara Jakob, the king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

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