Haile & Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 6 p. 152
Provenance:
Copied for Abuna Walda Giyorgis, f. 99b and passim. The miracles of Mary were apparently copied for someone else, but the name has been erased and replaced by that of Śe'ea Krestos. In Libānos Abo, Ḥayq when filmed.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
168 + 1 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
17.9 x 15 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Wallo
City:
Ambāssal
Date:
17th century
Year Month Day:
1632-1667
Layout:
2 columns, 14-16 lines; ff. 160a-66b, 19 lines; f. 167ab, up to 20 lines.
Support:
Parchment
Notes:
Date based on name of Emperor Fāsiladas scratched out from the colophon, f. 93a. 1st foreguard leaf, recto, erased asmāt prayer (?)
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 2a-124b
Supplied Title:
Combat [gadl] of Abuna Gabra Manfas Qeddus.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 2a-93b: The text of the gadl, divided into the days of the week. See EMML 1497-1; 1512-1.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 93b-124b
Supplied Title:
Miracles [ta'ammer] of Abuna Gabra Manfas Qeddus.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 125a-137b
Supplied Title:
Miracles of Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 1a
Supplied Title:
Hymn to St. Mary, kwellomu sarāwita malā'ekt.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 167b-168a
Supplied Title:
Asmāt prayer for learning.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 168b
Supplied Title:
A short version of the Laymen's Prayer [salot za-me'emanān].
