Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 2
Notes:
Numerous corrections, additions and annotations to the text in the margins.
Provenance:
Copied for Habta Maryam (prayer, f. 94a). Note of ownership by the same, f. 83a. In Private Library of Mamrē Yamāna Wald when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 17b-18a: filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
Ff. 131
Outer Dimensions:
18 x 12.5 cm.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Kolfē
Date:
late 19th/early 20th century
Support:
Parchment
Representational Decoration:
F. 2a: Christ (?) curing a sick man. 2) F. 2b: Child with a cross upon his head. 3) F. 83a: Woman. 4) F. 83b: Baptism of Christ. 5) F. 84a: Faces. Illumination, f. 3a.
Other Decoration:
Ornamental design, f. 1b.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 3a-83a
Supplied Title:
Gospel of John [Besrata Yoḥannes].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 1a and 84b: blank.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 85a-87b
Supplied Title:
Prayer, "We ask thee, O Merciful One, we ask thee, O Creator" [Sa'alnaka Maḥari, sa'alnaka Fatari].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 88a-115b
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Moses (=Brit. Mus. Or. MS. 564-6°).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 88a-97a
Supplied Title:
How Moses was saved from the hand of Pharao [Ba-za-dehna Muse em-edehu la-Far'on].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 97ab
Supplied Title:
Prayer (against) bad luck [ṣalota dedeq].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 97b-103b
Supplied Title:
Prayer (against) terror [ṣalota dengaze].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 103b-115b
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Moses.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 115b-119a
Supplied Title:
Secret names [asmāt] of God revealed to Peter (=Br. Mus. Or MS. 564-7°).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 119a-130b
Supplied Title:
Prayer, "Behold, I take refuge in the letters of thy name" [Nahu tamahzanku ba-hoyata seka].
