Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 1
Notes:
There are numerous corrections and additions to the text, both interline and in the margins.
Provenance:
In the church of St. Raphael when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 93b-94a: filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
Ff. 215+5
Outer Dimensions:
31 x 27.5 cm.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Gulalē
Date:
19th century
Year Month Day:
1881/1888
Music:
The text is supplied with Ethiopian musical notation.
Support:
Parchment
Representational Decoration:
lluminations, ff. 2a and 63a. Ornamental designs, ff. 4a, 5a, 8a, and 13a.
Other Decoration:
Miniatures: F. 1a: St. Yared with sistrum and prayer stick. F. 1b: A scribe (St. Yared?) with his disciple. F. 62a: A preacher carrying a cross. F. 104b: Annunciation. F. 131a: A group of men seated on the ground, apparently for a meal.
Notes:
Prayers for King Menelik of Shoa [1865-1889], Patriarch Cyril V [1874-1927] and Metropolitan Peter VII [1881-1888]- f. 2a.
