18th century (or earlier) Amharic hand illuminated bible or prayer book on vellum, mounted in hand made suede pouch. Comes with an 1841 Dictionary of Amharic Language by Rev. Charles Isenberg of the Church Missionary Society in London. Bible is 6 x 4 x 2 in thick and in good condition with leather binding. The dictionary is in fair/good condition. NOTE: Amharic is a Semitic language belonging to the Afro-Asiatic language family, serving as the official working language of Ethiopia. Spoken by over 25?32 million people primarily in Ethiopia, it is the second most widely spoken Semitic language after Arabic. It uses the Ge'ez script and serves as a major lingua franca.NOTE: We can ship this item in-house.