Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 4 p. 250
Notes:
But it is most probably copied from EMML Pr. No. 1262. Ff. 50b-51a, 101, 116b-117a, 130b-131a, 169b-170a and 179b-182a filmed.
Provenance:
According to the F. 201b, from a manuscript known as [Mazgaba Berhān Alam] of Bēta Lehēm which is owned by Qan Geta Masfen Hāyla Māryām with baptismal name Gabra Māryām of Efrātā in Menzeh. In Private Library Liqa Ṭabbabt Masfen Ḥāyla Māryām when filmed.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
204 + 2 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
29 x 25 c,m.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Makākkelaňňā
Date:
20th century
Year Month Day:
1947
Scribe:
Reliable hand
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
Illuminations: ff. 3a, 69a and 129a.
Notes:
dated, Sānē 5, 1939 E.C. 9f. 5a), Miyāzya 28, 1941 E.C. (f. 201b) and 1942 E.C. (f. 128a) (= June 12, 1947-1950 A.D.).
Native Date:
1939 EC
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-204a
Supplied Title:
Antiphonary for the year [Degwgwā] or [Mazgab degwgwā].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 4ab
Supplied Title:
Introduction dealing also on the history of the [Degwgwā] in Ge'ez
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-68a
Supplied Title:
Season of John the Baptist [Yoḥannes}
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 69a-128b
Supplied Title:
Season of Astamhero
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 128b
Supplied Title:
The chant for the 5th of Maggābit is very well separated from the rest
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 129a-200b
Supplied Title:
Season of Easter [TenŚā'ē]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 200b-201b
Supplied Title:
Index of type melodies [Anqaṣa hāllētā]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 203a-204a
Supplied Title:
The chants for Yākkatit 16 (f. 203a) and for Tāhśāś 12 (f. 203b).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 202ab
Supplied Title:
At the end of each section the number of different chants in each section is indicated by a different hand (ff. 68a, 128a-128b, 202a) and number 10, 702, which is the total of all the chants, indicated on f. 202ab.
