Object Number | 43-28-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Ethiopia |
Date Made | 19th century |
Section | African |
Materials | Vellum | Wood |
Description | Vellum manuscript. 94 folios bound between two wooden boards. Front board cracked but held together with strings. Stiched. Open back. Single columns, 18 lines each. Black ink with rubrics. Degwa: Chants from the Ethiopian Church liturgy, sung by debteras or deacons and letters between the lines are the stress notes for changing, i.e., loud, soft, long, or short; E. Isaac, 1981: Deggewa Zayohannes; Amharic; Number of Pages: 94 folios. |
Height | 16 cm |
Width | 9 cm |
Thickness | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Henry Hill Collins III, 1943 |
Other Number | L-36-3 - Old Loan Number |
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