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19TH CENTURY ETHIOPIAN BIBLE WOODEN COVERS:

$ 132

Availability: 35 in stock
  • Type: Handwritten Manuscript
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Material: Vellum
  • Subject: Religion, Bibles
  • Language: Ge'ez
  • Region: Middle East

    Description

    19
    TH
    CENTURY ETHIOPIAN BIBLE WOODEN COVERS:
    The
    GEEZ
    language is one of
    Semitic Languages
    spoken in
    Ethiopia
    in the past; and is probably originated from
    two sources
    : The
    Sabaean
    in
    Southern Yemen
    few centuries
    B.C
    ; and represents the
    Old Arabic Semitic
    language spoken by the
    Biblical
    Queen of Sheba
    (
    King Solomon Era
    ), and was also known as
    “Himyarite Language”
    .
    The second source was from
    Egypt
    during the
    Hyksos
    ruling. The Hyksos were
    Semitic tribes
    who invaded old Egypt and ruled for almost 400 years. They were expelled out of Egypt and fled to
    Nuba
    ,
    Ethiopia
    , and
    Canaan
    .
    Another definite source is when the Kingdom of
    Aksum
    , in old Ethiopia, had invaded and occupied
    Yemen
    in early centuries
    A.D
    . Then, the definite Gee’z language became a
    mixture
    of these sources; but it was vanished with time and was only used in Biblical and
    Christian Orthodox Schools
    in old Ethiopia. Nowadays, this historical language is only spoken in some
    Coptic African Christian institutions
    and the
    Coptic Orthodox Yemenite minority
    as well.
    What you see here are two
    wooden handcrafted covers
    of an old Coptic Psalter.
    . I do not know this language, so I am not sure about the exact date; but according to an
    expert
    and an
    authority
    in this field it is a
    19
    th
    Century Ethiopian Bible
    . There is some damage on the borders and it measures 20.0 cm x 21.0 cm. No need for further description; you
    get
    exactly what you
    see
    on the scans.
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