Prayer book for travellers (Virgin Mary's life) · Éthiopie · ID: 3032537
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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.
Littérature comparée
Greve, Anna, Volker-Saad, Kerstin (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 147