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LOT 0629
Ethiopian Astrological and Astronomical Texts, Charts and Pseudo Apocrypha
18TH-19TH CENTURY AD
8 3/4" (508 grams, 22cm).
A text comprising fifty-eight bound vellum leaves with single wooden board; the text in Ge'ez and Amharic, written in a fine hand in double column format using black ink with highlighted sections and letters in red ink; drawings and text in selected borders; the contents cover: astrological tables, charts, calendrical calculations; pseudo-apocryphal texts; commentary on the Books of the Prophets; prayers of Moses, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Jonah, Daniel, The Three Children, Habakkuk, Isaiah, Mary and Simeon; Estimation of Enoch; philosophical texts; texts of a pseudo-philosophical nature, and others; single plain wood board without spine covering. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex central London gallery; previously in the collection of Sir Alistair McAlpine; accompanied by a collector's catalogue information page.
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LOT 0629
Ethiopian Astrological and Astronomical Texts, Charts and Pseudo Apocrypha
Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,065
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