Photographs © Tim Hamill
ETHIOPIAN
SCROLL 10
51" long x 4.5" wide
$2000
SOLD
The scroll consists of one picture (detail), the rest is text except for some small diagrams at the bottom.
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.
Although age is impossible to establish definitively, we believe this scroll dates from the 19th or early 20th century.
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