Manuscript
Manuscript Case
43-28-6
From: Ethiopia
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 43-28-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Ethiopia |
| Date Made | 1800-1925 |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Vellum | Wood | Leather |
| Iconography | Psalms |
| Description | Vellum manuscript. 155 folios bound between two wooden boards. Stiched. Open back. Preserved in mahdar leather case with a strap. Single (fols. 1r-141v) and double (fols. 141v-154r) columns, 20-25 lines each. Black ink with rubrics and periodic punctuation and the name of God in red. Pslams of David, Songs of Songs; E. Isaac, 1981: The Psalter: the 151 psalms of David; Amharic; Number of Pages: 155 folios. |
| Height | 17.9 cm |
| Width | 12.9 cm |
| Thickness | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry Hill Collins III, 1943 |
| Other Number | L-36-6 - Old Loan Number |
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