[Ethiopic manuscripts].

Two quarto format prayerbooks on parchment, the first in blind-tooled sheepskin over boards, approximately 2 1/2 inches thick, with text in single and double column, in red and black ink throughout, with colorful geometric horizontal chapter heads done in a variety of motifs incorporating knotwork,...

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Format:	Manuscript
Language:	Ethiopic
Language Notes:	Written in Ethiopic language and script.
Subjects:	YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān > Prayers and devotions. Icons, Ethiopian > Specimens. Manuscripts, Ethiopic > Specimens. Prayer books > Ethiopia. Sheepskin bindings. Blind-tooled bindings. Wooden boards. icons (devotional images) Prayers.