Re: Query regarding two Ethiopian volumes

[Laderman <zita@SPEAKEASY.NET>]

In my opinion any manuscript Ethiopian books which does not have a
provenance with a date of entry into a library of some age are all
new or very recent.  The style has not changed much [if at all].  To
the eye unfamiliar with this kind of thing, they all look ancient.
They look at least as old as some of the early Tuscan crosses [12th
and thirteenth century]. But that is how they are made, now.

best,
Gabriel
Zita


At 02:12 PM 1/28/2008, you wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I was helping out in a library's special collections and came across
> two Ethiopian volumes about which the library has very little
> information.  I would be curious to hear what further information
> about these volumes I could glean from the collective wisdom of Exlibris.
>
> Pictures of the volumes are posted on my flickr account
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksdriedger/sets/72157603787496058/
>
> Some more comments about the volumes, as well as one expert's
> insights are posted on my blog
> http://librarypreservation.blogspot.com/2008/01/ethiopian-books-n-such_24.html
>
>
> I'm particularly interested in hearing if people have any estimates
> of age, and seeing that there are many dealers on the list, value.
>
> thanks for any assistance,
>
> Kevin
>
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