Haile & Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 6 p. 42
Provenance:
Copied by the original owner, Māhetama Krestos, f. 5a. Filmed while in the Monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos.
Reproduction:
Ff. 45b-46a, 164b-165a and 180b-181a filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
189 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
31 x 76.5 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Wallo
City:
Ambāssal
Date:
17th century
Year Month Day:
1695-1696.
Scribe:
Māhetama Krestos
Support:
Parchment
Notes:
Date from f. 5a, copied during the 14th year of Emperor Iyyāsu (= 1695/6 A.D.). A different hand copied the office for Abuna Iyyasus Mo'a in the blank spaces on ff. 60ab and 147ab.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-186b
Supplied Title:
Antiphonary for the year [Deggwā]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
F 5a: Introduction; Ff 106b-107b, Index of type melodies [Anqaṣa hāllētā]. F 186b: Nine lines of chant previously overlooked [za-taras'u], copied by Naq'a Tebab Gabra Māryām Abetaw.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 5a-64a,
Supplied Title:
Season of Yoḥannes
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 64b-106b
Supplied Title:
Season of Astamhero
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 107b-108a
Supplied Title:
On the ecclesiastical seasons.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 108a
Supplied Title:
Biblical readings for the consecration of a chruch
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 108b
Supplied Title:
Biblical readings for the prayer of Mehellā
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 109a-130a
Supplied Title:
Ṣoma deggwā.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 131a-186a
Supplied Title:
Season of Easter [Fāsikā].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1a
Supplied Title:
The isolated name of Asba.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 2b
Supplied Title:
Three short lines from the beginning of śalast za-Hawāreyāt.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 4a
Supplied Title:
Childish pen trial, Ba-sema Ab . . . .
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 186b
Supplied Title:
Name of Deggwā teachers through whom the traditional chant has been transmitted.
