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Ge'ez Language Devotional Prayer Book on Goatskin with Wood Covers.
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- Ge'ez
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- Ethiopian Illuminated Geʽez Devotional Manuscript on Parchment, likely containing Marian miracle literature or protective devotional texts associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Ethiopia, late 18th or early 19th century. 45 parchment leaves with rubricated Geʽez text and seven painted miniatures including mounted saints, Marian scenes, protective devotional imagery, and haloed ecclesiastical figures. Bound in original carved wooden boards with textile spine remnants and exposed Ethiopian sewing structure.
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- S.I.9967
Ethiopian Illuminated Geʽez Devotional Manuscript on Parchment, likely containing Marian miracle literature or protective devotional texts associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Ethiopia, late 18th or early 19th century. 45 parchment leaves with rubricated Geʽez text and seven painted miniatures including mounted saints, Marian scenes, protective devotional imagery, and haloed ecclesiastical figures. Bound in original carved wooden boards with textile spine remnants and exposed Ethiopian sewing structure.
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