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E.Or Ms 477: Ethiopic Psalter, undated (c. 18th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 477

Scope and Contents

This is a Psalter, possibly dating to the 18th century.

Dates

  • Creation: undated (c. 18th cent. C.E.)

Language of Materials

Ge'ez (Script: Ge'ez)

Physical Description

The manuscript has 182 folios, on vellum, measuring 15 by 14 cm and has a wooden board coptic binding (open spine). The back board has a blind-tooled leather cover. It comes in a brown leather carrying satchel that is much injured.

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Extent

1 volume

Other Finding Aids

Clavis Aethiopica (Hamburg-based project Beta maṣāḥǝft) [external link. Accessed 30 May 2023].

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to Edinburgh University Library by Dr H. B. L. Russell, of the Department of Social Medicine, Usher Institute, in 1969.

Physical Description

The manuscript has 182 folios, on vellum, measuring 15 by 14 cm and has a wooden board coptic binding (open spine). The back board has a blind-tooled leather cover. It comes in a brown leather carrying satchel that is much injured.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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