Sujet

Tabota or ark, 1868. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Tabota or ark, 1868. Religious item from Abyssinia. 'The ark is a timber frame of three shelves, on which are placed a large bunch of wild thyme, a printed Bible in Amharic; a very large manuscript Bible of great antiquity, written on parchment in the old Geez language; and some processional crosses. An incensor was hanging at one side'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A35_004

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

7,4Mo (361,1Ko) / 11,2cm x 16,5cm / 1318 x 1952 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature Africa wood religious plant plants arts country religion art books book continent British African Christianity holy sacred wooden location century Britain newspapers press Bible bibles print literature artefact concept incense incense burner artifact B&W east africa Ethiopia thyme engraved engraving Orthodox Church Ethiopian Eritrea 19th century black & white black and white B W censer nineteenth century The Print Collector Abyssinia Abyssinian Ark Coptic Illustrated London News TGN ILN blessed Eritrean newspaper Unknown 19th-century The Illustrated London News Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church oriental orthodox church