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 or 3 black lines at the beginning of each hymn and significant words in red; rough decorative border
(harag) in black and red at the top of the page at the beginning of 2 hymns (f. 1r, 38r).
Binding: 20th-century wood boards with exposed spine.
Origin: Written in Ethiopia in the early 20th century (possible colophon erased and illegible, f. 85v).
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