Haile & Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 7 p. 205
Provenance:
Note of ownership by Isāyeyyās, f. 37ab, Bartalomēwos, f. 109b, (the church of) Abbeyya Gadām, f. 1a, and Yemreḥanna Krestos, father of Isāyeyyās, f. 123a. In Church Abbeyya Gadām Madḥānē Ālam when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 10b-11a filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
126 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
15 x 14.5 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Tagulat and Bulgā
Date:
18th century
Scribe:
Copied by Te'emerta Masqal (f. 190a) for Walda Iyyasus (f. 120a and passim).
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
Decorative designs, ff. 1a, 11b and 109a. Ff. 38a and 123a-126b scrawls, isolated names and drawings in childish hand.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 1a-37a
Supplied Title:
The Book of the Memorial of the Passio of Our Lord [Maṣḥafa tazkār], divided into readings for the days of the week.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 1a-11b: Monday, This section has a lengthy paragraph defending the view that Jesus Christ is the wisdom, the counsel and the arm of his Father. On the controversy see my aricle in Oriens Christianus 65 (1981), p. 120.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 39a-109a
Supplied Title:
The Book of the Passion of Our Lord [Maṣḥafa ḥemāmātihu wa-zēnā seqlatu wa-qetlatu la-Egzi'ena wa-Madḫānina Iyyasus Krestos]. Abbā Takla Māryām, Abbot or Nebura Ed of Endagabṭān, was apparently instrumental in composing this work, f . 62b.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
The text is the same as in EMML 1779 (1) but is rubricated here wrongly, starting with Maskaram instead of with Maggābit.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 110a-122b
Supplied Title:
Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ and of Abuna Mabā'ā Ṣeyon concerning the memorial day of the Passion and Death of Christ, Tazkāra Madḫen.
