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Institution:
HMML
HMML Project Number:
EMIP 00607
Country:
Ethiopia
City:
Addis Ababa
Repository:
Mekane Yesus Seminary Library
ShelfMark:
Mekane Yesus Seminary Codex 7
Folio:
ff. [i + 85]
Binding:
Rough-hewn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to four Coptic chain stitches, covered with a double-pouch, plain linen cover
Bibliography:
Melaku Terefe, Steve Delamarter, and Jeremy R. Brown. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project: Volume 7: Codices 601–654:The Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab Collection of Mekane Yesus Seminary. EMTS 13. Pickwick Publications: Eugene, Oregon, 2011.
Notes:
unfoliated, foliation supplied by cataloguer
Provenance:
F. 83v: later owner’s name (in blue ink) Wäldä Sändät Däsǝta.
Colophon:
no colophon

Manuscript Part I

Folio:
ff. [i + 85]
Outer Dimensions:
11.2 x 8.2 x 3.2 cm
Country:
Ethiopia
Date:
20th century
Layout:
ff. 1r–83v one column; 10 lines
Script:
Gə‘əz
Support:
Parchment
Representational Decoration:
1. F. 85v: crude drawing of a figure, in pencil.
Other Decoration:
f. 2r (ornate ḫaräg in black ink); ff. 12v, 25r, 37r and 50v (line of red dots); ff. 1v and 83v (multiple full stops).
Alphabet:
Ethiopic

Manuscript Text

Folio:
ff. [2r–83v]
Supplied Title:
Canticle of the Flower
Supplied Title NS:
ማሕሌተ፡ ጽጌ፡
Incipit NS:
ጽጌ ፡ አስተርአየ ፡ ሠሪፆ ፡ እም ፡ አፅሙ ፡ ለዘአምኃኪ ፡ ጽጌ ፡ ለገብርኤል ፡ ምስለ ፡ ሰላሙ ፡ ወበእንተዝ ፡ ማርያም ፡ ሶበ ፡ ኃወዘኒ ፡ መዓዛ ፡ ጣዕሙ ፡ ለተአምርኪ ፡ ጽጌ ፡ አሃሊ ፡ እሙ ፡ ማኅሌተ ፡ ጽጌ ፡ ዘይሰመይ ፡ ስሙ ፡
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Notes To Text:
Grohmann, Marienhymnen (ff. 4r–5v are written in a different hand on an inserted leaf), arranged for the days of the week, Monday (2r), Tuesday (12v), Wednesday (25r), Thursday (37r), Friday (50v), Saturday (63r), Sunday (73r). In each case a piece of thr
Subject:
Hymns
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