Abuma Yared, pictured as a dabtara or cantor, holding a sistrum and a staff, outisde a small circular Ethiopian church. From the hymnbook of the Ethio

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Abuma Yared, pictured as a dabtara or cantor, holding a sistrum and a staff, outisde a small circular Ethiopian church. From the hymnbook of the Ethiopian Church for the whole year with musical notation. Vellum manuscript. Image taken from The Degua. Originally published in 1735.

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