April 12, 2024
Antique Ethiopian Manuscript Bible Ethiopia handwritten 5 icon Coptic Bible
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Extremely Rare WITH ORIGINAL BAG !!!!! Ge'ez This Bible is written in Ethiopia (Ge'ez), a Semitic language that is no longer spoken, but is still used for liturgical and other religious purposes by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopia: Very rare old Ethiopian handwritten Coptic Bible Language: Ge'ez /Wood cover It has 5 icons ,Size 42,0 cm x 25,4cm and it has 168 pages 84 leaves . parchment wood cover !!! Ge'ez Ge'ez / ˈ ɡ iː ɛ z/ [6] [7] ( ግዕዝ , G ə ʿ ə z [ ɡɨʕɨ z] ; also transliterated Gi'iz , and less precisely called Ethiopic ) is an ancient South Semitic language that originated in the northern region of Ethiopia and southern Eritrea in the Horn of Africa . It later became the official language of the Kingdom of Aksum and Ethiopian imperial court .Today Ge'ez remains only as the main language used in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church , the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church , the Ethiopian Catholic Church , and also the Beta Israel Jewish community. However, in Ethiopia Amharic (the main lingua franca of modern Ethiopia) or other local languages, and in Eritrea and Tigray Region in Ethiopia, Tigrinya may be used for sermons . Tigrinya and Tigre are closely related to Ge'ez, but their exact relationship remains controversial, with at least four different configurations proposed. [8] Some linguists do
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