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Sold for (Inc. bp): £30,480
LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY AD
12" (4.7 kg, 31cm).
A large complete early Ethiopian gospel book produced in a reformist Stephanite community; complete text of the Gospels followed by the Mystagogia (Doctrina Arcanorum) with explanation of the canon tables and an account of the the compilation of the Gospels; 228 leaves with text written in black ink with rubrics, a coloured top margin ornament introducing each of the Gospels, derived from crux ansata motifs; drypoint ruling and pricking visible for page layout; later note on folio 19 verso recording the manuscript's donation to the church of Däbrä Mika'él by Wäyzäro Wälättä Egziabehér; bound between wooden boards with tooled leather covering, brocade fabric inserts. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From a New York bookseller in 2010; previously with Joseph Knopfelmacher, New York, USA; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10896-180997.
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