Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 5 p. 209
Notes:
The filming of the miniatures separately has complicated finding the folio numbers.
Provenance:
Note of donation of the MS. by King Śāhla Śellāsē, f. 3b. Note of ownership by the Monasteryof Hayq Estifānos, recto of the 1st fore guard leaf. In Monastery of Hayq Esṭifānos when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 62b-64a and 139b filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
208 + 2 ff.
Outer Dimensions:
46 x 35 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Wallo
City:
Ambāssal
Date:
19th century
Year Month Day:
1839/40
Scribe:
Takla Ab Fāntāhun
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
Decorative cross, f. 2a. Colophon, f. 53b
Native Date:
1832 EC
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-206a
Supplied Title:
Psalter [Dāwit] with many prayers.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-90b
Supplied Title:
151 Psalms of David [Mazmurāta Dāwit]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 92a-109b
Supplied Title:
15 biblical canticles [Mahāleya nabiyāt]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 110a-115a
Supplied Title:
Song of Songs [Mahāleya mahāley]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 116a-121b
Supplied Title:
6 biblical canticles [salot] different from (2) above.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 116a
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Solomon [ṣalota Salomon]: Prov. 30, 1-9,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f.?
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Isaiah [ṣalota Isāyeyyās]: Isa. 63, 15-64, 12.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 117b
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Jeremiah [ṣalota Ermeyās]: Jer. 18, 19-23
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 118b
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Daniel [ṣalota Dāne'ēl]: Dan. 9, 4-19,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 119b
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Joshua Ben Sirach [ṣalota Iyyāsu, walda Sirāk]: Ecclesiasticus 51
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. ?
Supplied Title:
First prayer of Ezra [Qadāmi salotu la- 'Ezrā], from I Ezra (= Vulgate IV Esdras), 8, 20-36.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 122a-126b
Supplied Title:
Greeting [salām] to the icon of the Virgin Mary, O-rehrehta hellinā
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 126b-128b
Supplied Title:
Five short hymns.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 126b
Supplied Title:
Greeting [salām] to Alexius [Gabra Krestos]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 127a
Supplied Title:
Greeting to the Image of Mary Zion
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 127b
Supplied Title:
Hymn to God, O-za-re'ika la-Sanākerēm
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 128b
Supplied Title:
Hymn for the Assumption, Lāhā motā
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 129a-147a
Supplied Title:
Praises of Mary (Weddāsē Māryām] for the days of the week. The appearance of Our Lady Mary to St. Ephrem, the potter, to whom the Weddāsē is attributed, serves as an introduction; it is recounted in the form of a miracle of St. Mary[ta'ammera]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 149a-153b
Supplied Title:
The Gate of Light [Anqaṣa berhān]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 154b
Supplied Title:
2 short hymns to St. Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 154a
Supplied Title:
Concerning the Flight to Egypt, Em-tekāt Ayhud. (b). Concerning her birth, Kel'ēttu a'erug.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 155ab
Supplied Title:
Hymn in honor of the Virgin Mary, "The angels praise her" [Yewēddesewwā malā'ekt].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 156a-157b
Supplied Title:
4 short hymns to St. Mary with the space for the miniature that accompanies the left blank.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 156a
Supplied Title:
concerning her miracle for the cannibal [bālā'e sab'] from Qemer, /Atakkazkuki
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 156b
Supplied Title:
Concerning the name of St. Mary, Ella tewarredu tāhta,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 157a
Supplied Title:
Concerning her miracles in general, Ta'ammereki bezuh,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 157b
Supplied Title:
Concerning her patronage, Nāzāziteya
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 160a-164b
Supplied Title:
Image [Malke'] of the Trinity, Salām la-hellāwēkemu. Chaîne (Rēpertoire), no. 20, p. 191
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 164b-166b
Supplied Title:
2 hymns to the Trinity.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 164b
Supplied Title:
Tamāhezanku bekemu
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 165b
Supplied Title:
Ba-sema Egzi'abhēr Ab behuta seltān
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 166b-167a
Supplied Title:
Hymn to Jesus Christ, Iyyasus Krestos te'uma sem wa-heywata kwellu ālam, f. 166b
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 167a-181b
Supplied Title:
The Sword of the Trinity [Sayfa Śellāsē]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Arranged for the days of the week: f. 167a, Monday; f. 169b, Tuesday; f. 171b, Wednesday; f. 173a, Thursday; f. 175b, Saturday; f. 180b, Sunday (For more details see EMML 1170-3 and 1860-4).
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 182a-183b
Supplied Title:
Hymn to God, Esagged la-malakoteka. A hymn composed of groups of sentences, each of which starts with Esagged la-malakoteka, "I worsip Thy Divinity."
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 185-189a
Supplied Title:
Image [malke] of Maryy, Salām, salām lazekra semeki hawāz.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 189a-193a
Supplied Title:
Image [malke'a ] of Jesus Christ, Salām la-zekra semeka, sema mahallā za-iyyehessu.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 193a-196a
Supplied Title:
Image [malke'] of St. Michael, Salām la-zekra semeka mesla sema Le'ul za-tasātafa.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 196a-197b
Supplied Title:
Image [malke'] of St. Gabriel, Ba-salāma (sic) Gabre'ēl mal'ak ba-lā'ela Māryām za-a'erafa.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 197b-201a
Supplied Title:
Image [malke'] of St. George, Salām la-zekra semeka za-sakēdā mogas masehafu.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 201a-204b
Supplied Title:
Image [malke'] of Takla Hāymānot, Salām la-zensateka wa-la-ledateka em-karś
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 205a-206a
Supplied Title:
Image [malke'] of Gabra Manfas Qeddus, Salām la-zensateka, maśarata nagar wa-wettānē.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1a
Supplied Title:
Record of the day on which Neguś śahla śellāsē, king Shoa, died: Ṭeqemt 12, 1840 (= Oct. 22, 1847 A.D.).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 208b
Supplied Title:
Record of a land grant to Bilan Giyorgis (church) by Rās Kabbada Mangasā on condition that it be used by Wayzaro Asada Asfāw, who is to pay the tax [geber] as fixed at the end of the note; dated Ṭeqemt 7, 1912 E.C. (= Oct. 18, 1919 A.D.).
