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HMML Reading Room Record:
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/203893

Institution:
HMML
HMML Project Number:
EMML 2064
Country:
Ethiopia
City:
Ambāssal
Repository:
Private Library
ShelfMark:
na
Folio:
160 ff.,
Bibliography:
Haile & Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 6 p. 126
Notes:
F. 137a Magical prayer, scratched out.
Provenance:
unknown private library

Manuscript Part I

Folio:
160 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
26.5 x 20.5 cm.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Wallo
City:
Ambāssal
Date:
14th century
Support:
Parchment
Representational Decoration:
decorative designs 140b, 141b, 143b, 145b, 147a, 148a, 150a, 150b, 152b, 154a and 156a.
Other Decoration:
Decorative designs, ff. 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10b, 12b, 13a, 13b, 15a, 16a, 16b, 17a, 18a, 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b, 23a, 23b, 24a, 25a, 26a, 26b, 28b, 29a, 30a, 30b, 32a, 32b, 39a, 45a, 54a, 65a, 73a, 79a, 91a, 103a, 107a, 113a.

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 2a-160b
Supplied Title:
Psalter [Dāwit]
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 2a-118a
Supplied Title:
151 Psalms [Mazmurāta Dāwit]
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 2a-118a
Supplied Title:
151 Psalms [Mazmurāta Dāwit]
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 119a-129b
Supplied Title:
15 biblical canticles [Nabiyāt]
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 131a-137a
Supplied Title:
Song of Songs divided into 5 canticles [Mahlaya mahalay]. Copied in two columns like prose.
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 138a-153b
Supplied Title:
Praises of Mary [Weddāsē Māryām]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Arranged for the days of the week: Ff. 138a-140b, Monday; Ff. 139b-141b, Tuesday; Ff. 141b-144a, Wednesday; Ff. 144a-147a, Thursday; Ff. 147a-150a, Friday; Ff. 150a-15b, Saturday; Ff. 152b-155a, Sunday.

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 156a-159b
Supplied Title:
The Gate of Light [Anqaṣa berhān].
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
F. 160ab
Supplied Title:
Poorly legible, probably an excerpt from the Maṣḥafa Kidān.
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 21b-22a and 53a
Supplied Title:
Abridged Anaphora of the Apostles in an undisciplined hand.
Status Of Text:
Many folia are stained with water but most are legible.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 1a, 2b, 10a blank save for some scrawls.
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