Manuscript

Scroll

87-13-149

From: Ethiopia | Asmara

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 87-13-149
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Coptic
Provenience Ethiopia | Asmara
Section African
Materials Parchment | Leather
Description

Parchment prayer scroll with a leather case. Only half of the leather case remains; it is dark brown and is stitched together on one side. The scroll is written in red and black ink; it begins with an elaborately painted cross inside an intricate border; the script begins beneath it.

Length 12 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Cinquegrana, 1987
Other Number L-897-8 - Old Museum Number

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