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LOT 0434
Ethiopian Leather 'Book of Psalms' Codex
17TH CENTURY A.D.
12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (3.5 kg, 32.5 x 24.5 cm).
Wooden end-boards covered with tooled leather, later reinforced with a new plain leather spine and replaced twine stringers; psaltery with decorated title page in Ge'ez script, red and black ink; parchment pages with dry-point guidelines, black text with red detailing; some pages with decorative polychrome busts, architectural features, etc. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Claudia Belcher, London, until 2005.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12045-212183.
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