Prayer book for travellers (Virgin Mary's life) · Ethiopia · ID: 3032537
Description
wooden cover, pages of vellum, in units of 8 pages sewn and bound with cord material, characters in classic Ethiopian language, so-called “geez”, in black and red paint, in leather bag, slightly dam., breakage (wooden cover), spots (pages), traces of usage (leather bag);
complete with original envelope: a devotional priest may have carried the sacred document to his believers from one chapel to the other.
The object Prayer book for travellers (Virgin Mary’s life) with the object ID 3032537 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 484.
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Comparing literature
Greve, Anna, Volker-Saad, Kerstin (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 147