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assembled the surviving documents concerning this visit in 1927, which record that five artisans departed with the
Ethiopian envoy that August, but not if they arrived in Ethiopia. However, Marilyn E. Heldman found evidence of a "silver-gilt chalice" made in Venice, which, if it was the one
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dates to Dawit's reign. Crawford considers this document the "first unambiguous account of
Abyssinian geography which has survived; it certainly refers to the journey of a European, and the route followed can be identified pretty accurately."
445:, done at the command of Emperor Dawit. This is the oldest surviving illustrated book commissioned by an Ethiopian Emperor. The other, described as "one of the most beautiful illustrated books of the period", is a copy of the
565:(London: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 74 and note explains the discrepancy in the sources; some historians pick one of the two possible dates (e.g. Paul Henze selects 1403 in
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Solomonic kings, although presumed to be an event of major importance, is not recorded by the Ethiopian Chronicles. The Ethiopian historian
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Ethiopian royal chronicles often deliberately attempted to suppress the violent deaths of the kings whose reigns they extol.
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A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1)
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arrived in Ethiopia. He also made endowments to the
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