Ethiopic prayer books: manuscript, circa 1800s
1 volume (134 unnumbered pages): vellum ; 14 x 9 cm + 1 booklet (29 unnumbered pages; 6 x 5 cm). Produced in Ethiopia (?). Title supplied by cataloger. Manuscript on vellum in 9 quires and at least 9 different hands, possibly comprising separate texts. Text in single column, with varying number of lines per page. Some quires have scored vertical and horizontal lines. Prickings visible in outer margins. Text in black ink, with some words and phrases in red. Some annotations in pencil. Some words marked out. Small booklet on vellum bound in at back, inside folded vellum leaf with crude pencil notations. Bound in split wood boards; coptic chain stitching on 4 sewing stations.
Chiefly prayers to the Virgin Mary. In Ethiopic (Ge'ez script).
Transferred to Rare Books BX137 A2 1800z
Dates
- Creation: circa 1800s
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area
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