Author: Ethiopia Illuminated Manuscripts Title: Stephen Wright and Otto A. Jager Introduction Jules Leroy Thirty-Two Folio Color Plates
Description: New York, New York Graphic Society Unesco, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Rare Ethiopian Illuminated Christian Art 1961. A Foot and a Half Tall! Folio, 25, [9] p. 32 color plates, b/w ills. Good condition Marin County Library Markings. NO pocket. Fairly mild Ex-library markings. Scotch tape stains on boards but no tape. Preliminary page tape residue and that is where most of the libray markings are (See 5th Scan) B/W Illus. Color Plates Excellent Untouched. The quality and huge Folio scope of the Color plates is awe inspiring and Angelic. The Ethiopian Late Medieval art mixes bright Colorful African and Abstract Celtic with Hebrew and Christian Themes. Lindisfarne and Book of Durrow and Kells is more Western influence than Rome or Greece yet maintain their abstract Magical African and Hebraic Christian inspiration. Angels abide in the art here. See all our Three Geese In Flight Celtic Book Scans Cover, Title page, Ethiopian script, Poor Priliminary page and Three Samples of the Thirty Two Color Master Works. As is. Ill.: Thirty-Two Color Plates. Good/Good Mylared.
Keywords: ethiopian angel art ethiopian magic ethiopian art ethiopia history ethiopian christian art history first editions aksumite eritrean monasticism ethiopian angel art scribal practice egyptian desert monks essenes jewish monastic essenes syrian jewish christ
Price: US$ 295.00 Seller: Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books
- Book number: 9000530100112878
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