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HMML Reading Room Record:
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/205751

Institution:
HMML
HMML Project Number:
EMML 3947
Country:
Ethiopia
City:
Dabra Berhān
Repository:
Private Library
ShelfMark:
na
Folio:
51 ff.
Bibliography:
Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 9, p. 249
Provenance:
In Private Library of Qēs Gabra Mikā'ēl when filmed.

Manuscript Part I

Folio:
51 ff.
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Dabra Berhān
Date:
19th century
Other Decoration:
Decorative designs, ff. 2a, 20a, 23a and 27a.
Notes:
Ff. 2a-26b copied by Zawalda Māryām, f. 26b, and ff. 27a-49a by Walda Takla Hāymānot, f. 49a.

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 2a-26b
Supplied Title:
Prayer of Mary at Golgotha [Sanē Golegotā], concluded with one prayer to Mary, Tamāḫaẓanku, f. 20a, and one prayer to Jesus Christ, Tamāḫeẓanku
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
f. 1a: illegible note mentioning the name Mary.

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 27a-49a
Supplied Title:
The Book of the Helmet of Victory and the Book of the Bell [Masṣeḥafa gērā mawi' wa-maṣeḥafa nāblis],
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
EMML 2400-1 Arranged for the days of the week: f. 27a, Monday; f. 30a, Tuesday; f. 33a, Wednesday; f. 36a, Thursday; f. 40a, Friday; f. 42b, Saturday; f. 45a, Sunday; f. 47b, all days; f. 49a, concluding prayer.

Manuscript Text

Folio:
ff. 49b-51a
Supplied Title:
(2) asmāt prayers against snake bite
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
f. 51a
Supplied Title:
(3) the hours of the day in each month as measured by shadow
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
f. 51b
Supplied Title:
(4) land transaction by purchase (?)
Language(s):
Ge'ez
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