Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment, iv + 100 + iv; 1-1010. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 14 lines; ruled in drypoint with vertical bounding lines; prickings visible on most leaves. Script: Written in räqiq script. Decoration: 4 full-page paintings on erased pages, of the Virgin and Child with archangels Michael and Gabriel (f. 2r); the Crucifixion with Mary and John (f. 36r); Saint George and the dragon (f. 71r); and Christ and the Virgin in majesty (f. 100r), all but the first with thread markers on the upper outer corners of their leaves. Rubrication in red, with twin pairs of red lines separated by 2... Binding: 20th-century wood boards with exposed spine. Origin: Written in Ethiopia in the early 20th century (possible colophon erased and illegible, f. 85v). Possible ownership stamp in purple ink (f. 85v); possible ownership inscription in the same blue ink as supplied rubrics (f. iv verso). Sold in Cape Town, South Africa, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, April 1997. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
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