Manuscript satchel

Leather manuscript satchel — MS Aeth. d. 23

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**MS Aeth. d. 23**
The manuscript's leather satchel used for storage or transportation
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Aeth. d. 23; reproduced in Jacopo Gnisci (ed.), Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford, 2019), p. 27, fig. 3.5; image PDF p. 41; caption printed p. 27 / PDF p. 41.
Imagep. 27, fig. 3.5
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Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Aeth. d. 23; reproduced in Jacopo Gnisci (ed.), Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford, 2019), p. 27, fig. 3.5; image PDF p. 41; caption printed p. 27 / PDF p. 41.

Collection
Bodleian Library, Oxford

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p. 27, fig. 3.5

Catalogue note

A leather satchel made to carry and protect a manuscript. The source dates the associated manuscript to the first half of the eighteenth century; the satchel is not independently dated here.

References

Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Aeth. d. 23; reproduced in Jacopo Gnisci (ed.), Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford, 2019), p. 27, fig. 3.5; image PDF p. 41; caption printed p. 27 / PDF p. 41.