Manuscript
43-28-1
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Ethiopia
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 43-28-1 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Ethiopia |
| Date Made | 18th century |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Vellum | Wood |
| Description | Vellum manuscript. 155 folios bound between two wooden boards. Stiched. Open back. Double columns, 15 to 17 lines each. Black ink with rubrics and punctuation in red; Mazmura Dengel: Cants of the Virgin. Praises of the Virgin Mary, selected from the liturgy of the Ethiopic Church; E.Isaac, 1981: Arganon or Arganona Weddase - the Organ of the Praises of the Virgin Mary, for readings for the seven days of the week; Amharic; Number of Pages: 155 folios. |
| Height | 17.9 cm |
| Width | 16.8 cm |
| Thickness | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry Hill Collins III, 1943 |
| Other Number | L-36-1 - Old Loan Number |
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