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HMML Reading Room Record:

https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/203017

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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMML 1181

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Addis Ababa

Repository:

Holy Trinity Cathedral

ShelfMark:

na

Folio:

173 + 8 ff.,

Bibliography:

Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 4 p. 124

Notes:

Stamp of Emperor Haile Selassie I, f. 173b. Stamp of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, ff. 2a and 173b.

Provenance:

Given to the Holy Trinity Cathedral by Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1953 E.C. (=1960/1 A.D. ) recto of the first fore guard leaf and colophon, f. 173ab. In Holy Trinity Cathedral when filmed.

Reproduction:

Ff. 31a and 71b-72a filmed twice.

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

173 + 8 ff.,

Outer Dimensions:

39 x 30 cm.,

Country:

Ethiopia

Region:

Shoa

City:

Addis Ababa, Makākkelaňňā

Date:

20th century

Year Month Day:

Jan. 16, 1920

Support:

Parchment

Other Decoration:

Illuminations: ff. 2a, 9a, 17a, 25b, 36a, 44a, 50b, 60b, 72b, 81b, 87b, 102a, 115a, 118b, 125a, 132a, 145ba nd 156a.

Notes:

date in colophon, f. 172b

Native Date:

Terr 7, 1912 EC

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 2a-176b

Supplied Title:

Psalter [Dāwit]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

Notes To Text:

Ff. 154b-155a blank.

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 2a-131b

Supplied Title:

151 Psalms of David [Mazmurāta Dāwit]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 132a-145a

Supplied Title:

15 biblical canticles [Mahāleya nabiyāt]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 145b-154a

Supplied Title:

Song of Songs of Solomon [Mahāleya mahāley] divided into 5 canticles.

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 156a-167b

Supplied Title:

The Praises of Mary [Weddāsē Māryām] for the days of the week.

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 167b-172b

Supplied Title:

The Gate of Light [Anqaṣa berhān]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

F. 173ab

Supplied Title:

A list of the members of the Emperor Haile Sellassie's family, and the names of the Patriarch and Bishops of Ethiopia in the year 1953 E.C. (= 1960/1 A.D.).

Language(s):

Ge'ez