Accession number
MS W.47
Object title
Ethiopian prayerbook.
Display Date
19th century
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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