Title: Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 4 gouache paintings and leather traveling case Author: ** Place: Ethiopia Publisher: Date: [mid 19th century?] Description: 184 total vellum leaves containing 362 pages of neatly hand-written text in black and red ink, the final 28 pages are written in two columns. 4 full page gouache paintings. 12x9 cm. (approximately 4½x3½"), hand-stitched with original thick wooden board covered in blindstamped red calf, housed in the original two-part sliding leather traveling case, with strap. Written in the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) script. Shows a nice patina of age and usage; well-smoked with a pleasant faint aroma of incense. Wonderfully illustrated with 4 colorful paintings of biblical scenes. Lot Amendments Condition: Traveling case worn but complete and with the strap intact; some light wear to leather; modern ink notes, in Ge'ez, on blank endleaves and in pencil in blank space on final page of text; paintings bright and vividly colored; very good. Item number: 212838
Title: Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 4 gouache paintings and leather traveling case Author: ** Place: Ethiopia Publisher: Date: [mid 19th century?] Description: 184 total vellum leaves containing 362 pages of neatly hand-written text in black and red ink, the final 28 pages are written in two columns. 4 full page gouache paintings. 12x9 cm. (approximately 4½x3½"), hand-stitched with original thick wooden board covered in blindstamped red calf, housed in the original two-part sliding leather traveling case, with strap. Written in the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) script. Shows a nice patina of age and usage; well-smoked with a pleasant faint aroma of incense. Wonderfully illustrated with 4 colorful paintings of biblical scenes. Lot Amendments Condition: Traveling case worn but complete and with the strap intact; some light wear to leather; modern ink notes, in Ge'ez, on blank endleaves and in pencil in blank space on final page of text; paintings bright and vividly colored; very good. Item number: 212838
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