Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 3 p. 294
Notes:
The edges of many leaves, expecially ff. 52-56 are heavily darkened, and the leaf numbers are at times illegible in the film.
Provenance:
Copied for Sofoneyās (ff. 33a, 52a and passim). The last part, ff. 77-82, was copied for Germā Iyyasus (f. 82b). The manuscript was also owned by one Giyorgis, accoring to a note signed by Gabra Sādeq, f. 1ab. In Church St. George when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 22b-23a and 61b-62a filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
83 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
20.5 x 15.6 cm.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Arādā
Date:
late 18th/early 19th century
Layout:
2 cols., (ff. 3-75) and 1 col. (ff. 77-82), 16 lines (ff. 3-42, 52-73), 21 lines (ff. 43-51) and 21 to 24 lines (ff. 77-82).
Music:
The text is occasionally furnished with Ethiopian musical notation.
Support:
Parchment
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 3a-51a
Supplied Title:
Horologium for the Night Hours [Sa'ātāt za-lēlit].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 2b and 76ab blank.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. 33a-35a
Supplied Title:
"Image" of the Icon of the Virgin Mary [Malke'a śe'l]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
it begins, "O tender-hearted" [O-rehrehta hellinā],
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. 35a-36a
Supplied Title:
Hymn to the virgin mary, "I worship thee" [Esgged laki], ff. 35a-36a
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. 36a-37a
Supplied Title:
Hymn to the Virgin Mary, "I praise thy grace, O full of grace" [Esebbeh saggaki, O-mele'ta saggā]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 52a-73a
Supplied Title:
Scriptural readings for the night hours [menbāb]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 52a-56a
Supplied Title:
I Thess. 4, 15-5, 10; I Pet. 5, 5-11; Acts 16, 25-34; Mt. 25, 1-13.
