251101 - African Little Ethiopian Coptic Ge'ez bible or manuscript - Ethiopia.

Rare & Large Ethiopian Coptic bible or manuscript - Ethiopia.

This manuscript  measures approximately  5.5 cm x 4 cm.

This manuscript is dated mid of the 18th century and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

This ancient manuscript with 72 pages or 36 leaves is written on both sides on goatskin/vellum in black and red, all in classical Ethiopian script, known as Ge'ez, which survives today only as a church language. Ge'ez dates back to 3000 years BC and in the 5th century the entire Bible was translated from Greek into Ge'ez. The so-called Garima Gospels form the world's oldest illustrated Christian Bible, was written in Ge'ez in the 6th century and is still in an Ethiopian monastery.

The wooden endpapers of the Bible offered here are made of almond wood and provided with a handmade blind embossing. The leaves were cut from goatskin and folded in half.