Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten rectangular card label, in black ink, found in box with object reads: 'Abyssinian prayer-book/with wooden binding/and leather case.'
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Other)
None of the 'No number' records on the database match this object and further searches did not reveal any records with which this object could be matched. It was therefore decided to assign a temporary number to this object.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Other owners)
The box list found with the object gives Sir Ellis Minns as the source. It does not reveal in which capacity he was connected to the object.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Related Documents)
The box in which the object is stored was found with an Anth box number, which seems to have been quite recently affixed. An additional sticker on the box, in Rachel Hand's hand, reads: 'Ethiopian/ prayer book/ no number/ ?to accession.' It is unclear how long the object has been stored like this, but it seems likely that it has been in the store for a number of years, as an old style box list was found in the box with the object.

Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Abyssinian prayer book with wooden binding.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Coptic manuscript book with wooden front and back covers and sewn spine. Front cover has split and been repaired, possibly contemporaneously. Eight quires of parchment leaves. Text in black and red ink. Associated with leather cover TEMP.00635.2.
Event Date 21/2/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe