Ethiopian Coptic handwritten Bible, OLD, FINE Start Price USD 1,500.00 Current Price USD 1,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 11, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 11, 2008 Location Denver, CO See more about 'Ethiopian Coptic handwritten Bible, OLD, FINE' Description 9 illuminations, 61 leaves, 122 pages.Cover is wood, pages are vellum.Back cover has indigenous repair.Leather carrier and cover show patination of long use. Little black threads are page markers.There is writing on the wood of the inside front cover. This was written in Ethiopic (Ge'ez), a Semitic language that is no longer spoken, but is still used for liturgical and other religious purposes by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The leaves are vellum, usually calfskin, prepared by a lengthy exposure in lime, scraped with a rounded knife and finally rubbed smooth with pumice stone. The vellum is often scored with a pin, and they are written in black ink with titles and holy names often being in red. The subjects of these "Bibles" are always Christian, but actual content varies. It is difficult to date these pieces, which were made as early as the fourteenth century and continued through about 1850.For more information and fine examples, see Appleyard's ETHIOPIAN MANUSCRIPTS and Mercvier's ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLLS.**W2052** All content, including pictures, Copyright Africa Direct Inc., 2006 Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers! Please visit our About Us page. SquareTrade © AP6.0 PesaMember Place a Bid!