Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Sefer Tehillim, Mishlei and Prayers Upon Parchment – Ethiopian Translation (Ge’ez)

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript in Ethiopian writing, in Ge’ez language spoken by priests of Ethiopian ethnic group [Qisim]. Contains Sefer Tehillim and Sefer Mishlei, and other additions [unexamined by expert].
Black and red ink, upon 15 parchment pamphlets (number of leaves varies from pamphlet to pamphlet). Several pages contain ornamented frame illustrations. Bound with dark wooden biding and thick threads, missing spine.
[159] leaves, 14 cm. Good condition, stains. Writing on several leaves rubbed out or slightly erased.
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