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[Ethiopic illustrated prayer scrolls in the Ge'ez language, circa 1900?]
Summary
- Collection ID:
- SIL-DL.MSS001748B
- Dates:
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circa 1900?
- Languages:
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Geez.
- Physical Description:
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2 Volumesill. ;11 cm.
- Repository:
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General note
General note
Title devised by cataloger.
General note
Two scrolls, each handwritten on vellum in heavy black characters, with some rubrication. The vellum leaves of each scroll are sewn together with leather strips.
General note
For collection management purposes, each scroll has been arbitrarily assigned a volume number and barcode. The unrolled length of one scroll is 155 cm. (designated as v. 1; bc no. 39088009319740); the unrolled length of the other scroll is 193 cm. (designated as v. 2; bc no. 39088012158044).
General note
Date and exact place of the scrolls' creation are undetermined. Probably produced in Ethiopia during the late 19th or early 20th century?
General note
With hand-drawn illustrations (faces, people, crosses) and decorations, in red and black inks.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Christian art and symbolism -- Ethiopia | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Specimens | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art, Ethiopian -- Themes, motives | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ethiopic language -- Texts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān -- Prayers and devotions--Ethiopic | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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