This was difficult subject to find. I believe that you can use the
costumes of saints as many saints were also bishops.
Liturgical Fan, Ethiopian,Late 15th century,Parchment and tempera
This stunning fan, seen here spread horizontally, would normally be
opened with the two ends held together to form a full circle.
When positioned this way, the central figure of Mary appears at the
top surrounded by archangels, apostles, and prophets. Most striking in
the painted fans and icons of Ethiopia are the bright, vivid colors,
the large eyes of the figures, and the parallel patterns of the
drapery. This rare fan exemplifies the "Gunda Gunde Style" of
manuscript decoration as it developed in the late 15th and early 16th
centuries.
http://www.thewalters.org/html/collec_object_detail.asp?ID=2&object_ID=36.9
Gospel book, Northern Ethiopia (Gunda Gunde), Early - mid-16th century
One of the most recent acquisitions in the Manuscripts and Rare Books
collection, the Gospel Book is a superb example of an Orthodox
illumination. The imagery found in medieval Ethiopian manuscripts is
closely associated with the imagery of Byzantine and Armenian
manuscripts of the same period. An upcoming research project will
examine the materials and techniques used to create manuscripts in
these regions through the analysis and comparison of pigments and
binding media (the adhesives that are mixed with the pigments to form
paint). Although considered a bygone practice in most of the western
world, the art of making manuscripts is still alive in Ethiopia.
There, parchment is made from goat skin and the manuscripts are
painstakingly written and illuminated by hand. The modern day books
are used in religious services and owned by devout individuals in
Ethiopia.
http://www.thewalters.org/html/collec_object_detail.asp?ID=42&object_ID=W.850
EBAY:
ETHIOPIAN COPTIC HANDWRITTEN BIBLE- Large Version
This Ethiopian Bible/manuscript is hand written in Geez with no signed
date. SOTHEBY'S PRE-APR'TD- 13th century and the 16th century. This
rare manuscript contains 155 pages/sheets of vellum probably goat's
skin and 5 PERFECTLY preserved illustrations . They are illustration
is absolutely phenomenon It's by far the most exquisite I have ever
seen. The details of the paintings are of vegetable die and the
finishing is absolutly sturdy. Several notations in Coptic by previous
owners.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=37947&item=7305190664&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW&tc=photo
Fifteenth Century Ethiopian BIBLE, with 7 Paintings
Ethiopian Manuscript. A Huge Fifteenth Century Ethiopian BIBLE, with
174 leaves (348 pages). The Bible is hand written in black ink, with
headings, keywords, and markings in red, on vellum, with wooden
covers, in the traditional Ethiopian fashion, with back wooden cover
broken and repaired with string, as usual. It is written in Ge`ez
script, the liturgical language of Ethiopia. The manuscript is hand
sewn as usual, 6 inches in width, 6.75 inches in height, and 2.5
inches in thickness. It has 7 very exquisite and elaborate full-page
illustrations and a few rubricated headings. Someone drew a few
figures and animals on the margin in pencil.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2198&item=7305744451&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW&tc=photo
Huge Seventeenth Century Ethiopian BIBLE, on Vellum
A Huge Seventeenth Century Ethiopian BIBLE, with 328 pages. The Bible
is hand written in black ink, with headings, keywords, and markings in
red, on vellum, with wooden covers, in the traditional Ethiopian
fashion. It is written in Ge`ez script, the liturgical language of
Ethiopia, in three columns. The manuscript is hand sewn as usual, 10.5
inches in width, 13 inches in height, and 2.75 inches in thickness.
This is the largest Ethiopian Bible we have ever seen. It has nine
very exquisite and elaborate full-page illustrations and numerous
rubrications. The wooden covers are partially covered with morocco;
spine is also covered with morocco....The present manuscript is, in
comparison with available other ones, a huge one, with very beautiful
art work of, perhaps, the highest quality...... Undated, but most
likely from the seventeenth century.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2200&item=7304798509&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW&tc=photo
This was a very interesting subject for me and I enjoyed researching
it for you, although $2 is hardly enough to entice an official google
researcher.
Bobbie |
