Ethiopian handwritten Coptic manuscript Bible Start Price USD 2,200.00 Current Price USD 2,200.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 16, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Location Denver, CO See more about 'Ethiopian handwritten Coptic manuscript Bible' Description Ethiopian handwritten Coptic manuscript Bible Type of Object: handwritten Coptic manuscript BibleEthnic Group: EthiopianCountry of Origin: EthiopiaMaterials: Wood, cloth and VellumApproximate Age: UnknownDimensions: Height is 6 inches.Width is 5 inches. 2 inches thick.Overall Condition: Old and Used. FairAdditional Information: 17 quires, ii + 170 folios. The codex has two covers of the traditional wood (visible on the inside between the paste downs). The grain of the wood is top to bottom. The boards and spine have been covered in tooled, red leather. The space between the paste downs on the back inside cover is nearly filled with woven material of white with black design. The quires are joined with a Coptic chain stitch and attached in a bridle attachment at four locations on the boards in the traditional manner. These attachments are especially visible at the gutter of the inside cover. This codex has a head and tail piece with corresponding stitches at the head and bottom of the spine. Someone has sewn yellow yarn into the folios at the location of illuminations. The general condition of the vellum is only slightly worn and dirty.The codex is a semi-deluxe copy of the Ethiopian Psalter with ten illuminations, at least 8 of which are late. The Ethiopian Psalter includes the Psalms of David, The Biblical Canticles, Song of Songs, The Praises of Mary and The Gate of Light. Dimensions: 160 mm x 125 mm x 58 mm.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. Recommended Reading: For more information and fine examples, see Appleyard's ETHIOPIAN MANUSCRIPTS and Mercvier's ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLLS. Codex 32Eliza Codex 32 (SGD 62)  Psalter, ê*|"  Parchment, 160 x 125 x 58 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards covered with tooled leather.  The back cover has a woven material visible inside the turn-ins, headband and tailband, one protection quire + 17 full quires, ii + 170 folios, 155 x 120 mm, top margin 15 mm, bottom margin 27-30 mm, fore edge margin 20-22 mm, gutter margin 10 mm, ff. 1r-148r one column, ff. 148v-168v two columns, Gə‘əz, 21 lines, 19th/20th cent. Quire descriptions: quires 1-17 balanced. Navigation system: brown yarn sewn into corners of folios to mark the location of miniatures.  Ff. 1r-168v: Psalter [Dawit].    Cf. SGD 1.1. Ff. 1r-127r: Psalms of David.      Arranged for the days of the week (Monday, f. 1r; Tuesday, f. 23v; Wednesday, f.  48v; Thursday, f. 70r; Friday, f. 98r; Saturday, f. 114r; Sunday, f. 127v).2. Ff. 127v-140v: Biblical Canticles.3. Ff. 140v-148r: Song of Songs.4. Ff. 148v-162r: Praises of Mary [Wəddase Maryam].      Arranged for the days of the week (Monday, f. 148v; Tuesday, f. 149v; Wednesday, f. 152r; Thursday, f. 154v; Friday, f. 157v; Saturday, f. 159v; Sunday, f. 160v).5. Ff. 162v-168v: Gate of Light [AnqŠêŠ Bərhan]. Miniatures, all in twentieth-century hand, mostly painted over text: F. Ir: crude drawing of a person.F. Iv: crude drawing of a person with crosses on right and left.F. IIr: The twelve Apostles.F. IIv: King David playing the Harp.F. 24r: The Holy Trinity.F. 51r: The Crucifixion.F. 85r: Jesus carrying the Cross.F. 141r: Striking of the Head.F. 169r: The Last Supper.F. 169v: Judas Betrays Jesus.F. 170r: Crude drawing of a man.F. 170v: Crude drawing of Qes Amdu of Ba§o DŠbr on a horse. Varia:      1. F. 148r: The first few words of the Praises of Mary.       1. F. 168v: Calendar of the holy days of the year, erased at the end to make room for the picture. Decorative designs: ff. 1r, 23v, 48v, 70r, 84v, 98r, 114r, 127v, and 148v (haräg using black and red); ff. 8r, 15r, 34r, 42r, 48r, 58r, 69v, 78v, 97v, 110v, 113v, 120r, 127r, 140v, 148rv, 149v, 159r, and 168v (dotted line using alternating black and red), ff. 8r and 159r (full stop symbol); f. 69v (lined black dots).  Columetric layout of text: ff. 116r-117v (Ps. 135), 126v (Ps. 150), 136r-137r (tenth biblical canticle).The general condition of the vellum is only slightly worn and dirty.   **022553** 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!