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old Lalibela cross 1

Posted by Eva Baby on March 23, 2013 at 11:00am
on an old Ethiopian coptic prayer book. The pages are made of goat skin, the cover is made of wood and goat skin over it. The size of the book is ca. 9,5 x 7,7 cm. It has 50 pages (25 leaves) and is written in Ge-ez. The prayer book has 4 paintings in it. As the goat leather is rather stiff, it does not stay open without holding it. The Lalibela cross is metal alloy and can be recognized easily by the four doves on each side.
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  • Chantal March 28, 2013 at 5:42pm

    Impressive image Eva. I love the old Bible. The colours are still very bright. great background and great find. Could you show us the other paintings?

  • Eva Baby October 21, 2013 at 6:29pm

    @Thank you Chantal, I love old manuscripts, especially something like this. I treasure this booklet a lot.

  • ingrid Langerak October 21, 2013 at 6:41pm

    lovely book, it can be plain wood, or covered by cloth material, or leather.

  • Eva Baby October 21, 2013 at 7:20pm

    @Thank you both. The booklet  means a lot to me.

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