Accession number
MS W.47
Object title
Ethiopian prayerbook.
Created
19th century
Binding
Sewn between wooden boards, in dark brown morocco slipcase lined with stamped paper, labeled on spine: Ethiopian Prayer Book Lalibela, signed JPW 1975.
Credit line
Bequest; Julia Parker Wightman; 1994.
Description
28 leaves (1 column, 10-13 lines), bound : vellum ; 55 x 36 mm.
Provenance
Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles; purchased by Julia Parker Wightman in 1973; JPW 7555; Julia Parker Wightman Bequest in 1994.
Notes
Ms. Ethiopian prayerbook; written in Lalibela, Ethiopia, probably in the 19th century.
Some confusion over provenance: a typed label stuck to the second front flyleaf reads: Ethiopian Lalibela Min. Prayerbook List 51 Dawson's 1973; but this manuscript does not correspond with any on the Dawson's list; perhaps offered separately by Dawson's.
Some confusion over provenance: a typed label stuck to the second front flyleaf reads: Ethiopian Lalibela Min. Prayerbook List 51 Dawson's 1973; but this manuscript does not correspond with any on the Dawson's list; perhaps offered separately by Dawson's.
Script
Ethiopic
Language
Ge'ez
Century
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Display Date
19th century