Browse Items for Category Christian Orient
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in Armenian printed book on paper |
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Probably Venice (Italy) 17th or 18th century |
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598 pages (145 x 105 mm), printed in black, with several images and decorative imagery. Several pages loose and missing, in particular the beginning. Leather binding. |
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€ 295.00 |
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The book is a compedium of texts arranged. We find for example prayer (religious poetry), sermons, bible passages and hymns and psalms. The texts belongs to the Armenian Orthodox church. |
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prarmn2 |
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(Religious compendium with prayers and confessions) |
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in Armenian printed book on paper |
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Istanbul before 1764 |
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528 pages (142 x 100 mm) in total, first 63 missing. Some broken. Spine is damaged. Dedicated to Nerces Sh'norhali (katholicos). Nevertheless beautifully illuminated leather binding. |
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€ 175.00 |
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Prayerbook, divided into two sections. From p. 240 confessions. |
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(Compendium of important texts from the Gospels, Apostles and other saints, such as Gregory the Illuminator (3rd cent. CE) |
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in Armenian manuscript on paper |
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17th century |
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80 fols. (75 x 50 mm) of very neat Armenian script in black and red ink. 10 lines to a page. Stained and washed paper, minor decoration at the beginning. Leather binding (worn). |
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€ 1650.00 |
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The book contains texts from the gospels and from other people such as Gregory the Illuminator. The size of the manuscript must point toward a take-away function. The book could easily be read while travelling. |
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msarmn1 |
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(Dogma of Christian belief) |
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in Amharic (add. in Geez) manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 19th century |
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46 fols. measuring 167 x 119 mm. of Ethiopic script, mainly written in two columns. Besides the usual linear decoration an “evil eye” decoration signifies the caption on fol.3r. The various stitches, wholes and erased words classify this manuscript of average quality. |
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€ 1350.00 |
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Treatise on five dogma’s (called secrets) of the Christian belief, being (1) trinity, (2) body of flesh, (3)baptism, (4) Offering of communion, (5) resurrection. |
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msgeez15 |
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(Praise and prayer to Mary) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 19th century |
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49 fols. measuring 165 x 100 mm. Clear Ethiopic text in black and red. |
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€ 975.00 |
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Prayers and praises to Mary in verse, clearly marked by the numbering of each rhyming unit. |
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msgeez16 |
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(AMULETIC prayerbook) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 19th or early 20th century |
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30 fols. of 55 x 45 mm in Ethiopic script. Uneven lines and similarly spaced. Two images of protective archangels on fols. 3v and 4r. |
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€ 950.00 |
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Protective and personal prayers for the owner of this amuletic booklet, named “Gebretsadik Dubale”. |
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msgeez23 |
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(AMULETIC prayerbook) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 19th or early 20th century |
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40 fols. of 43 x 30 mm in elegant Ethiopic script. Middle two leafs are illegible, probably these pages were exposed to light and air as the booklet lay open. |
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€ 650.00 |
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Protective prayers and the like make up the content of this tiny manuscript. |
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msgeez24 |
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(hymnbook) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia late 17th or early 18th centur |
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2+162 fols. (165 x 117 mm) of Ethiopic script in 17th or 18th century style. Some minor illuminations can be found throughout the manuscript, e.g. fol. 23v, 34r. Besides some smudges of ink, the manuscript is in fine condition. |
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€ 1850.00 |
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Hymn book, covering the psalms, written in rhymed verse. |
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msgeez22 |
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(hymnbook) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 19th/ 20th century |
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2+130 fols. in Ethiopian script, with 10 beautiful paintings, each covering one page. Measures 175x115mm. Original binding, with rope woven through the wooden front and back panel, as well as the bound stacks of fols. which are made of skin. |
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€ 2350.00 |
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Hymn book, covering the psalms, written in rhymed verse. |
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msgeez30 |
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(MAGIC scroll) |
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geez manuscript parchment |
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Ethiopia late 19th or 20th century |
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Scroll composed of two pieces of parchment, measuring in total 145x11,5 cm. Ethiopic script in black and red in two colums. Four polychrome illustrations and some decorations between the two coloms. |
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€ 490.00 |
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The text contains healing words , among which curses. The words were believed to have the power to influence evil spirits. |
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msgeez35 |
