Does anyone recognize this script? And the text to which it belongs?
3 Responses to “Mystery manuscript”
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Sebastiaan Verweij Says:
November 4th, 2010 at 10:49Jason – I must myself confess to utter ignorance as to this page. I do, thankfully, have a knowledgeable friend, and the friend assures me that this is Ethiopian, and the passage is written in Ge’ez, classical Ethiopian. The alphabet is also used for other languages, such as Amharic. If you need more information, drop me a line and I can get you in touch with the specialist in question!
Where does this page come from?
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Lucy Says:
November 4th, 2010 at 11:43I’m completely ignorant too, but further to Sebastiaan’s comment it must be from a Coptic Bible, no?
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Jason Scott-Warren Says:
November 6th, 2010 at 10:46Thanks for the information. The photos were emailed to me out of the blue by the person who owns the manuscript. Time to brush up our classical Ethiopian…