Browse Items for Category Christian Orient
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Letter by Patriarch Ephrem Barsum. |
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in Syriac/Arabic printed paper paper |
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Aleppo 1948 |
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Document, leaf size 27.5x47cm, printed text in Arabic and Syriac. |
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75.00 |
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This is a letter by patriarch Ephrem Barsum to the Aleppo congregation requesting financial help for the theological school in Mosul,Iraq,issued in Homs,Syria in 1948. |
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Mas'hafa Genzat (Book with burial rites) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 17th or 18th century CE probab |
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97 fols. various sizes (apr. 32 x 25 cm.). Vellum of various qualities and numerous stitches and repairs.
Most chracteristic for this piece are its size and its paintings. The 20 illustrations are rendered in a very simple and flat way. Not using more than three or four colours and sometimes even abstracting, e.g. the representation of the cross with the two angels and scales. |
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8750.00 |
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Book with burial rites. |
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msgeez27 |
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Mazmur Dawud (the Arabic version of the Psalms (This manuscript 151 psalms)) |
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in arabic manuscript paper |
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N.p. probably 18th century |
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Christian Arabic, European paper, 99 ff., and some blanks, 21 x 15 cm, naskh script, 13 lines to the page, brown-black ink with rubrication,, full-leather Very Nice oriental binding with blind tooled ornamentation. |
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1975.00 |
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Mazmur Dawud, the Arabic version of the Psalms. The Psalms are numbered from 1-151. The spelling of the Arabic is sometimes according to the spoken language, e.g. t instead of th. See Graf, GCAL, I, pp. 114-126 on Arabic translations of the Psalms, and on pp. 119-120 in particular for the translations in use in the Coptic churches. |
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Mazmure Dawit (Hymn book of David's psalms and additional hymns according to Ethiopian tradition) |
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in Ge'ez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 18th century |
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209 fols. (200x145mm) of Ethiopic script, 17 lines to a page in black and red. Captions are nicely decorated with penwork. The manuscript is (incl. wooden plaques) is covered in a decorative leather binding. The blind tooled decorations of this contemporary binding consist of a cross and various geometrical borders. |
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1750.00 |
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The hymnbook consists of various chapters. A copyist claims his name, Salomon Woldu, for at least part of the first two chapters (fols. 4r-28r). Besides the psalms, also hymns for the Virgin Mariam and a prayer for Zacharias are included. |
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Meraf (weekday praises for the Virgin) |
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in Geez manuscript on parchment |
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Ethiopia 20th century |
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69 fols. measuring 135 x 95 mm. Ethiopic script in two columns in the usual colors black and red. Pricking and ruling techniques as well as stitches and wholes visible troughout the manuscript. |
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1450.00 |
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The Meraf is a liturgical hymnbook that was used troughout the Ethiopian church. Its division is in week-days. |
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Missaal |
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in Syriac printed book paper |
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Mosul,Iraq 1936 |
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Syriac paper,50 fols,31x22.5cm,nicely printed,a lot of Arabic written by the printed text.many pages are restored, binding is boards with leather binding. |
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575.00 |
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Printed book Missal-Rite of Saint Apostles-Printed under Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel II of Babel (1900-1947). (The current Chaldean Patriarch is called Emmanuel III). The date of printing is 1936. |
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Missal of the Chaldean Church |
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in Syriac printed book paper |
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Mosul,Iraq 1936 |
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Syriac paper,50 fols,31x22.5cm,some leaves restored,a newly binding. |
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395.00 |
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Printed book Missal-Rite of Saint Apostles.Printed under Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel II of Babel (1900-1947). The date of printing is 1936. |
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New Testament (armenian) |
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armenian printed item paper |
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unknown 1870 |
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A little booklet measuring 117x70mm and 851pages with nice leather binding, No place , date 1870. |
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75.00 |
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Nice little armenian New-Testament |
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PENTECOSTARION (l) |
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in Arabic, manuscript on paper |
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Syria 18th century |
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213 fols. (340x230mm) written in a regular script, with an attractive lay-out. The text, in black and red, is written in two columns on a page. The manuscript is in a fairly good condition. A geometrical penwork decoration marks the beginning of the text. Lightly damaged contemporary binding. A beautiful large copy. Incomplete at the end (2 or 3 leafs). |
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1950.00 |
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The Pentecostarion is a liturgical text used in the Greek Orthodox church (Melkite branch), hoc casu in Syria. The text starts on the holy sunday of Pascha (Easter) and finishes on All Saints day, the first sunday after Pentecost. The text describes in great detail all the acts and rites performed during service and the texts to be said or sung by priests, deacons, or congregation. Probably two or three leafs missing at the end. |
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Praise and prayer to mary |
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in geez manuscript parchment |
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ethiopia 19th century |
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Ethiopian manuscript,91 folios, 15.5x10.8 cm, calligraphed Ethiopian script in black and red ink, 1 miniature (Jesus in Mary's slap),several decorated headpieces, wooden covers. |
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975.00 |
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Praises and prayers to Mary. Mary takes a central place in the ethiopic church as a mediator between people and God. Several (later)annotations, in coptic script and scriblings in pen in the margins. |
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