Haile & Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 6 p. 143
Provenance:
In Monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 14b-16a filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
158 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
23.5 x 21 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Wallo
City:
Ambāssal
Date:
17th century
Year Month Day:
1682-1693
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
Decorative design (fine), ff. 7a, 55a, 64a, 104a and 134a, and many minor ones marking the subdivision.
Notes:
Prayer for Emperor Iyyasu I (1682-1706), Patriarch John XVI (1676-1718) and Metropolitan Sinoda (1671-1693)
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 1b, 1a, 3a-6b, 103a and 154a-157b
Supplied Title:
Computation of the calendar [Marha 'ewwer]. F. 1 is bound upside down. This Marha 'ewwer includes a genealogy of the Kings of Ethiopia, f. 155ab, and some of the usual tables and a labyrinth on f. 4a.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 7a-63b
Supplied Title:
Common Antiphonary [Me'rāf].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 7a
Supplied Title:
Me'rāf for all seasons,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 11b
Supplied Title:
Me'rāf for lauds [za-nagh]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 16a
Supplied Title:
Mesbak za-mawaddes
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 17a
Supplied Title:
Za-yenaggeś of Yārēd
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 31a
Supplied Title:
Me'rāf for the Fast,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 47a
Supplied Title:
Me'rāf za-are'esta mehellā
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 55a
Supplied Title:
Keśtat za-aryām
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 55a
Supplied Title:
Salaśt za-aryām
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 59b
Supplied Title:
Śalaśt
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 62a
Supplied Title:
Aryām
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 64a-102b
Supplied Title:
Antiphonal chants for commemorating the dead [Mawāśe't]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 102b
Supplied Title:
The different times of the year for holding rogational [Mehellā] prayers.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 103a
Supplied Title:
The ecclesiastical seasons of the year and their names.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 104a-153b
Supplied Title:
A collection of chants called Zemmārē divided into two major parts.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 104a
Supplied Title:
Chants for the seasons from New Year to Easter
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
-
Supplied Title:
Chants from Easter season to the end of the year.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1a
Supplied Title:
Notes on chanting.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1b
Supplied Title:
A list of some of the major prophets [ābbayt nabiyāt] and of all the minor prophets.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1b, 1a
Supplied Title:
A long genealogy of the people of Wāro and Weqr.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1b
Supplied Title:
(Top margin); Two qenē poems (za-ye'ezē) and (Ge'ez 'etāna mogar).
