Gondar, 18th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf page with four columns of Ge'ez text and three polychrome images relaying the Creation of the Animal, two panels depicting a saint holding a cross, a third panel with winged figures surrounding a menagerie of animals- elephants, lions, boar, birds, ox and others, the hand of God reaching down from above. 15 grams, 27.5cm (10 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously in the David Buxton collection in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.