Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 3
Notes:
Folios are numbered 1 to 78, with the leaf after f. 1 unnumbered.
Provenance:
Copied by Takla Maryam (prayers, f. 9b and passim). Spaces have been left blank for the name of the original owner. Notes of ownership by the Church of the Savior of the World, ff. 2b and 78b. In Church Savior of the World [Madḥānē Ālam] when filmed.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
Ff. 79
Outer Dimensions:
19.5 x 14.5 cm.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Qarānyo/Aqāqi
Date:
late 19th century
Support:
Parchment
Representational Decoration:
1) F. 1a: A mounted warrior wielding a spear, presumably St. George; 2) F. 78b: Three hands holding pens.
Notes:
Prayer, f. 1b bis, for the Ethiopian army under Menelik II, apparently on the occasion of the Italian invasion.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 2a-78a
Supplied Title:
The Booklet of the Savior [Dersana Mahyawi].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 1b: blank, except for scrawls and childish drawings.
