Manuscript

43-28-2

From: Ethiopia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 43-28-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ethiopia
Date Made 1700-1899
Section African
Materials Vellum | Wood
Description

Vellum manuscript. 74 folios bounded between two wooden boards. Lower board cracked but mended with string. Stitched. Open back. Double columns, 17 lines each. Black ink with rubrics and periods in red; Tarik Gabra Manfas Qeddus: History of the Slave of the Holy Spirit. legends of one of the saints honored by the Ethiopic Church; E.Isaac, 1981: Gadla Gabra Manfas Qeddus. The life and acts of St. Gabra Manfas Qeddus of the monastery of Zequwala; Amharic; Number of Pages: 74 folios; (card included in box).

Height 17.3 cm
Width 15 cm
Thickness 4.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Henry Hill Collins III, 1943
Other Number L-36-2 - Old Loan Number

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