ETHIOPIAN SCROLL 8

Photographs © Bobbi Hamill

ETHIOPIAN
SCROLL 8
56" long x 3.5" wide
$800

Although age is impossible to establish definitively, we believe this scroll dates from the 19th or early 20th century.

This scroll comes with a cylindrical leather case.The scroll consists of three panels laced together with three pictures in color.

Ethiopia has been a Christian nation since the 4th century. These Coptic gospel texts are handwritten and illustrated on vellum, a fine parchment made from calfskin, lambskin, or kidskin.

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