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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMML 1400

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Addis Ababa

Repository:

Institute of Ethiopian Studies

ShelfMark:

na

Folio:

181 ff.,

Bibliography:

Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 4 p. 469

Notes:

Copied for Gabra Wald, baptismal name. Stamp of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, ff. 179a and 180a.

Provenance:

According to a note f. 180a, the owner of the manuscript is Daggāzmāc Hāyla Śellāsē Abbāynah, but now donated to Haile Selassie I University by his daughter Assallafacc. In Institute of Ethiopian Studies when filmed.

Reproduction:

Ff. 145b-146 bis a filmed twice.

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

181 ff.,

Outer Dimensions:

33 x 24 cm.,

Country:

Ethiopia

Region:

Shoa

City:

Addis Ababa

Date:

20th century

Year Month Day:

1931-1932

Scribe:

Gabra Giyorgis (f. 162b), baptismal name.

Support:

Parchment

Other Decoration:

Illuminations, ff. 5a, 12a, 18a, 26a, 36a, 45a, 52a, 62a, 75a, 85a, 92a, 107a, 123a, 128a, 134a, 141a, 153a and 164a.

Notes:

date in f. 179a. The colophon that gives more information especially about the copyist [ ---nah Mangasā] is destroyed. (It could be Abbaynah Mangasā)

Native Date:

1924 EC

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 5a-179b

Supplied Title:

Psalter [Dāwit] with the Psalter of the Virgin [Mazmura dengel].

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 5a-141a

Supplied Title:

151 Psalms of David [Mazmurāta Dāwit]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 141b-153a

Supplied Title:

15 biblical canticles [Mahāleya nabiyāt]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 153b-162b

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. 164a-174b

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. 174b-179a

Supplied Title:

The Gate of Light [Anqaṣa Berhān]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

F. 179b

Supplied Title:

The Angels Praise Her [Yewēddesewwā Malā'ekt] by a different hand

Status Of Text:

Incomplete. Ff. 1-19 and 164-180 are partially damaged.

Language(s):

Ge'ez