Ethiopian Manuscript New Testament Bible.

Description:

Ethiopian Manuscript New Testament Bible. Folio format manuscript on parchment, illuminated with five painted miniatures, including two showing people with firearms, one in particular shows an Ethiopian man and boy holding weapons as the man shoots one uniformed soldier, with another lying dead at his feet; 164 leaves, text in red and black, bound in full contemporary blind-tooled goatskin over wooden boards, 11 x 8 in.
Estimate $1,000-2,000


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