TWO CHRISTIAN MANUSCRIPTS
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TWO CHRISTIAN MANUSCRIPTS

LEVANT AND POSSIBLY ETHIOPIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ONE WITH DATE OF MONDAY 4 ABIB 1627

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TWO CHRISTIAN MANUSCRIPTS
LEVANT AND POSSIBLY ETHIOPIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ONE WITH DATE OF MONDAY 4 ABIB 1627
Including a treatise on theology, probably from 17th or 18th century Levant, 111ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of large black muhaqqaq script, titles and important words in red, numerous chapters, with occasional translation in Greek, in probably original 17th or 18th century binding; And a prayer book, possibly Ethiopian, 18th or 19th century, 115ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of cursory black naskh script, occasional highlights in red, opening folios polychrome illumination including a large cross, with catchwords, repairs throughout, in red stamped binding
Folio 9 ¼ x 6 ¾in. (23.6 x 17.3cm.) and 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.3cm.)
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