Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 3
Provenance:
Copied at Addis Ababa by Nagas Walda Kidan for Wayzaro Adanacc/Walatta Sadeq, wife of Walda Gabre'el, the Ligaba (usher) of Emperor Menelik II (colophon, ff. 115b-116a). In Church Savior of the World [Madḥānē Ālam] when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 84b-85a: filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
Ff. 117+1
Outer Dimensions:
27.5 x 20 cm.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Qarānyo/Aqāqi
Date:
20th century
Year Month Day:
16 November 1912 AD
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
Illuminations, ff. 5a, 9a, 19a, 26b, 37b, 43a, 62a, 70a, 75b, 86a, 93b, 103b, and 108a. Miniatures: F. 1b: Crucifixion; F. 2a: A queen, probably Queen Tayetu; F. 2b: St. Michael the Archangel, apparently protecting the Three Children…
Notes:
Illuminations: F. 8b: St. Michael the Archangel; F. 116a: A hand cross held in the hand of the scribe;F. 116b: St. George rescuing Birutawit;F. 117a: Madonna and Child enthroned, attended by two angels. Date in colophon, f. 116a.
Native Date:
7 Hedar 7405 AM
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-115b
Supplied Title:
Homiliary for the monthly commemorations of St. Michael the Archangel [Dersana Mika'el].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
For each month there is a homily, a miracle [ta'ammera Mika'el] and the entry from the Synaxary [Senkesar], recording some intervention of the archangel on behalf of men. The order and identity of the homilies are the same as Vatican Ethiopic MS. 82.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-7b
Supplied Title:
Common exordium.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Not found in Vat. Eth. 82.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 9a-18b
Supplied Title:
12 Ḫedār.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 9a-15b
Supplied Title:
Homily of Damatewos (i.e. Demetrius, according to EMML 1433), Patriarch of Alexandria.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 15b-17a
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 17a-18b
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (St. Michael aids Joshua).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 19a-26b
Supplied Title:
12 Tahsas.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 19a-24b
Supplied Title:
Homily.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 24b-25b
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 25b-26a
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Three Children of the Book of Daniel).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 26b-37a
Supplied Title:
12 Ṭerr.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 26b-35b
Supplied Title:
Homily.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 35b-36b
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 36b-37a
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Jacob).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 37b-42b
Supplied Title:
12 Yakkatit.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 37b-40b
Supplied Title:
Homily.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 40b-42a
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 42ab
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Samson).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 43a-61b
Supplied Title:
12 Maggabit.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 43a-58b
Supplied Title:
Homily of an unnamed patriarch of Antioch (Severus, according to C. CONTI ROSSINI).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 58b-61b
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 61b
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Balaam).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 62a-69b
Supplied Title:
12 Miyazya.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 62a-68b
Supplied Title:
Homily of "Orthodox" (the Patriarch John, according to EMML 317-6°).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 68b-69a
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 69ab
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Jeremiah).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 70a-75a
Supplied Title:
12 Genbot.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 70a-71b
Supplied Title:
Homily about John, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (in fact, about St. John Chrysostom).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 71b-74b
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 74b-75a
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Habakkuk).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 75b-85b
Supplied Title:
12 Sane.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 75b-82a
Supplied Title:
Homily of John, Metropolitan of Axum.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 82a-84a
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 84a-85b
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Church of St. Michael in Alexandria).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 86a-93a
Supplied Title:
12 Hamle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 86a-90b
Supplied Title:
Homily of the Metropolitan John.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 90b-92b
Supplied Title:
Miracle.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 92b-93a
Supplied Title:
Synaxary (Sennacherib).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 93b-103a
Supplied Title:
12 Nahase.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 93b-96b
Supplied Title:
Homily on Sts. Michael and Gabriel, the 24 Elders of Heaven and the 4 Libing Creatures of Revelation.
