Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 4 p. 257
Notes:
Mar'āwi or Gabra Māryām with baptismal name (ff. 7a and 63b) was assisted in copying by Marigētā Terunah (f. 7a).
Provenance:
Copied from a standard Degwgwā texit in Qānāt Māryām in 1909 E.C.(= 1917 A.D.) and counterchecked and corrected in 1912-13 E.C.(=1919-1921 A.D.) with the text in Bēta Lehem (colophon, f. 185b).
Reproduction:
Ff. 34b-35a and 117b filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
187 + 1 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
30 x 25 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Salālē
Date:
20th century
Year Month Day:
1917
Scribe:
Copied by the owner Alaqā Mar'āwi Walda Sellāsē of Qarswater in Mengār (Shoa) who is licensed by Liqa Kāhnat Marsā of Bēta Lehām to teach Degwgwā.
Music:
The text is supplied with traditional musical notations.
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
Illuminations: ff. 7a, 65a, 123a and 164a.
Notes:
date in colophon, f. 185b. See also f. 63b: the first part was finished on Sanē 9, 1909 E.C. (= June 16, 1917 A.D.).
Native Date:
1909 EC
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-185b
Supplied Title:
Antiphonary for the year [Degwgwā] or [Mazgab degwgwā]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-6a
Supplied Title:
Introduction dealing also on the history of the [Degwgwā]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 7a-63b
Supplied Title:
Season of John the Baptist [Yoḥannes]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 65a-122a
Supplied Title:
Season of Astamhero.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
123a-182b
Supplied Title:
Season of Easter.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 183b-185b
Supplied Title:
Index of type melodies [Anqaṣa hāllētā] and of readings [Menbāb]
