
Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection
Alternative Title
Catalogue 25
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Publication Date
January 2001
Abstract
One major harag at top of f. 5r; sixteen smaller harags on top of ff. 12r, 19r, 25v, 34r, 40r, 45r, 52r, 55v, 60v, 66v, 71r, 80r, 91r, 95v, 100v, 110r, and 116r.
Keywords
Manuscripts, Ethiopic, Ethiopia, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Psalters
Notes
Text in Ge'ez. Original image found in: Sacred leaves liturgy & devotion: manuscripts from England to Ethiopia. Text identification: ff. 2-4v, Liturgy to the Virgin Mary (Weddase maryam) in two columns by a later hand; ff. 5-115v, Psalms; ff. 116-128v, Canticles of the Prophets and Song of Songs, lacking opening, in two columns by a later hand. Binding: Original brown leather wrapped over wooden boards. Provenance: Christie, Manson, and Woods, Valuable illuminated manuscripts, printed books and autograph letters including the property of an Athenian collector, Monday 29 November 1999, Lot 22. Items in this collection are only available online; we do not have physical copies of these items in the USF Library's Special Collections. The original items were returned to the donor.
Geographic Location
Ethiopia
Type
Text
Media Type
illuminated manuscripts
Format
application/pdf
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Identifier
S04-00169-catalogue-27
Recommended Citation
University of South FloridaTampa Campus Library, "Psalter with liturgy to the Virgin Mary, canticles of the prophets, and song of songs, Ethiopia Catalogue 25" (2001). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 141.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/141
