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| title | (MAGIC scroll) | ||
| language | Geez manuscript parchment | ||
| place/date | Ethiopia late 19th or 20th century | ||
| physical app. | Scroll composed of three pieces of parchment,measuring in total 163x12,5cm . Ethiopic script in black and red in two colums.Three main polychrome illustrations and Two small illustrations and decorations between the lines. | price | 490.00 |
| content | The text contains healing words,among which curses. The words were believed to have the power to influence evil spirits. | nr. | msgeez34 |
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| title | (MAGIC scroll) | ||
| language | Geez manuscript parchment | ||
| place/date | Ethiopia probably 19th or 20th century | ||
| physical app. | A unique wrapped scroll still in his leather.It is impossible to get it out of the leather whitout destroying the leather So no futher desciption can be given. | price | 75.00 |
| content | Is not possible to give. | nr. | msgeez38 |
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| author | (cop.) Aleka Mer`awi | ||
| title | Peronal prayerbook | ||
| language | in Geez manuscript on parchment | ||
| place/date | Ethiopia 9 september 1932 | ||
| physical app. | 2+94+2 fols. measuring 92 x 62 mm. Geez written in black and red ink in a neat script. | price | 1450.00 |
| content | Personal prayerbook. The book contains prayer directed to the virgin Mary (fols. 1-30), to Christ (fols. 31-56) and to St. George (fols. 57-94). The person for whom the book was copied is named in the final sentences of each part: Oh Mary, receive and save me from the suffering of body and soul, your sinful servant Gebremeskel. The name, Gebremeskel was later erased and replaced by Gebremariam, probably the new owner of the book. | nr. | msgeez12 |
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| title | 2 folios of a Syriac dictionary? | ||
| language | in Syriac printed paper paper | ||
| place/date | N.p. 19th century? | ||
| physical app. | A Syriac folios, size 22x18cm.( page 167 till 170). | price | 10.00 |
| content | 4 pages of nice Syriac printing. | nr. | prsyr19 |
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| title | A Coptic horologion and prayerbook | ||
| language | in Coptic/Arabic manuscript in strong paper | ||
| place/date | N.p. 16th century | ||
| physical app. | Coptic with some Arabic, European paper, [3] + 210 + [9] ff., 17 x 11.5 cm, Coptic and Arabic scripts, 15 lines to the page, black ink with rubrication, simply illuminated pages (ff. 1a, 7a, 11a, 16a, 29b, 41a, 58a, 67b, 71a, 101a, 105b, 115b, 126a, 137a, 153b, 163b, 174b), half-leather Oriental binding, pasted boards. | price | 4975.00 |
| content | A Coptic horologion and prayerbook. Arranged first according to the hours of night and day, then with special mention of the fixed points in the ritual calendar. Considerable excerpts of the psalms are given as well (f. 58a and elsewhere). At the end of the volume are specific prayers directed to the angels Michael and Gabriel (ff. 190b, 191b, 192b), Suriel (f. 194b), to the four animals (f. 195b), the twenty-four priests (f. 196b), the other angels, etc. (f. 197b), then to several saints: John the Baptist (f. 199b), the Prophets (al-Rusul, f. 201a), St. Stephanus (f. 202a), St. George (f. 203b), Tadros, the slayer of the dragon (f. 204a), Mercurius the Martyr (f. 205a), Antonius the Hermit (f. 206b), the virgin Mary (f. 208a). The text is entirely in Coptic, with the exception of one longer text in Arabic (ff. 25b-29a). Otherwise Arabic is only used for the headings, and occasionally for the colophons (e.g. ff. 113a, 134a, 153a). These colophons do not give any details on the making of the manuscript, but usually contain in just a few words a short prayer in order to ask for forgiveness for the feeble en sinful copyist. | nr. | msarab406 |
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| title | A nice geez manuscript in minuscule script | ||
| language | in Geez manuscript on parchm parchment | ||
| place/date | ethiopia 19th/ 20th century? | ||
| physical app. | 118 fols, measuring 20.5x15cm,of rare minuscule writing in black and red ink, with fluent and stable hand,22 lines to the page, 6 paintings in the beginning and 4 in the end and 2 small ones in the middle (fol 20R, fol 67L). binding with wooden covers. | price | 2850.00 |
| content | Probably this text is a 'Deggua' which is a eucharistic prayer and hymn book. (see pictures). | nr. | msgeez49 |
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| title | A rare large Geez leaf on parchment with miniscule script. | ||
| language | in Geez manuscript parchment | ||
| place/date | N.p. no date but problably 18/19th | ||
| physical app. | A rare large (24.3x31.4) Geez leaf on parchment with calligraphic minuscule script.A extreemly nice leaf. | price | 95.00 |
| content | A religious text. | nr. | msgeez46 |
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| title | A small Geez leaf on parchment | ||
| language | in Geez manuscript parchment | ||
| place/date | ethiopia 18th century? | ||
| physical app. | A small Geez leaf,14,6x12,5cm, written on parchment in nice script in red and black | price | 8.00 |
| content | A religious text. | nr. | msgeez51 |
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| title | A small Geez leaf on parchment | ||
| language | in Geez manuscript parchment | ||
| place/date | ethiopia 18th century? | ||
| physical app. | A small Geez leaf on parchment,14,5x12,5cm, nicely written in 2 colors black and red. | price | 8.00 |
| content | A religious text. | nr. | msgeez52 |
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| title | A small Geez leaf on parchment | ||
| language | in Geez manuscript parchment | ||
| place/date | ethiopia 18th century? | ||
| physical app. | A small Geez leaf on parchment, 14.5x13cm, written in 2 colors, black and red. | price | 8.00 |
| content | A religious text. | nr. | msgeez53 |
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