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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMIP 00611

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Addis Ababa

Repository:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Library

ShelfMark:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Codex 11

Folio:

ff. [ii + 133]

Binding:

Rough-hewn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to four Coptic chain stitches, covered with tooled leather, headband and tailband

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:

First owner, Gäbrä Mika’el, ff.13r and passim; secondary owner, Kidanä Maryam, ff. 4v and passim, and as the primary owner from ff. 114r and following. F. 113v: In a later hand, in blue ink: “Gǝnbot 12, 1964 (EC).

Colophon:

no colophon

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

ff. [ii + 133]

Outer Dimensions:

22.0 x 15.1 x 5.4 cm

Country:

Ethiopia

Date:

early 20th century

Layout:

ff. 1r–133r two columns; 20 lines

Script:

Gə‘əz

Scribe:

F. 110v: name of scribe, Täklä Śǝllase. F. 133v, top: name of the scribe for folios 114r–133r, Gäbrä Iyasus. Bottom (in blue ink), note of ownership, erased.

Support:

Parchment

Other Decoration:

ff. 1r, 4v (colorful, ornate ḫaräg); ff. 4r, 14r, 16r, 23r, 34r, 35rv, 53r, 57r, 65r, 67r, 69rv, 77r, 85v, 91r, 92v, 97r, 107v, 110rv, 115rv, 120r, 133r (multiple full stops); ff. 16v, 31r, 57r, 120r (ornate ḫaräg in pencil or black ink); ff. 119v, 128v (

Alphabet:

Ethiopic

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [1r–111r]

Supplied Title:

Homiliary in Honor of the Archangel Michael

Supplied Title NS:

ድርሳነ፡ ሚካኤል፡

Incipit NS:

በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ . . .ስምዑ ፡ ሕዝበ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ ወነጽሩ ፡ አኃውየ ፡ ወፍቁራንየ ፡ ዕበዮ ፡ ወክብሮ ፡ ለሊቀ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ ለእለ ፡ ይስእልዎ ፡ በጻሕቅ ፡ ኀቤሁ ፡ በትውክልት ፡ ልብ ፡ ወበንጹሕ ፡ ሥጋ ፡ መፍትው ፡ ለነ ፡ ንግበር ፡ ተዝካሮ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ጊዜ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይስአል ፡ ለነ ፡ ወይጼሊ ፡ በእንቲአነ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Published several times in Ethiopia; see for example, DM 11–205. See also BL Or. 4849, Strelcyn BL 94–7; EMML 1133.

Subject:

Homily; Liturgy

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [114r–115v]

Supplied Title:

Asmat Prayer of the Archangel Mika’el which is written on his left and right wings.

Incipit NS:

በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ . . . ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መላእክት ፡ አስማቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እለ ፡ ተጽሕፈ ፡ በየማናዊ ፡ ክንፉ ፡ ለቅዱስ ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ኤኮስ ፡ አስሌ ፡ ኤፓስ ፡ ኤንክምካም ፡ ለካፍ ፡ ፌ ፡ ኤ ፡ ሎኬ ፡ ወአውርናኬ ፡ ጓ ፡ አበስኩ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Subject:

Prayers – Asmat

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [115v–119v]

Supplied Title:

Second of Image of Michael, “O, One Who Saved Them”

Incipit NS:

ኦ ፡ ዘአድኃንኮሙ ፡ እምተሠጥሞ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ለሕዝብ ፡ ትስእል ፡ ምሕረተ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ንጉሥከ ፡ አብ ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ ሊቆሙ ፡ ለእሳታውያን ፡ አርባብ ፡ ለጻድቃን ፡ በቤተ ፡ መርዓ ፡ አመ ፡ ይትገበር ፡ ከብካብ ፡ አድኅነነ ፡ እምቀዊም ፡ በአንቀጽ ፡ ጸባብ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Not listed in Chaîne, Répertoire.

Subject:

Images

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [119v–120r]

Supplied Title:

Concluding Prayer for Synaxarium

Supplied Title NS:

ዘአቅረብኩ፡ ማኅሌተ፡

Incipit NS:

ዘአቅረብኩ ፡ ማኅሌተ ፡ አዘኪርየ ፡ አዕላፈ ፡ እምእለ ፡ ተጸምዱከ ፡ ዘልፈ ፡ ለለአነብብ ፡ ተወከፍ ፡ ዘንዴትየ ፡ መጽሐፈ ፡ እንተ ፡ ረሰይከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ጸሪቀ ፡ መበለት ፡ ውኩፈ ፡ እምእለ ፡ አብኡ ፡ ብዑላን ፡ ዘተርፈ ፡

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Subject:

Prayers

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [120r–128v]

Supplied Title:

Image of Michael

Supplied Title NS:

መልክአ፡ ሚካኤል፡

Incipit NS:

ሰላም ፡ ለዝክረ ፡ ስምከ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ስመ ፡ ልዑል ፡ ዘተሳተፈ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ያሬድ ፡ ሄኖክ ፡ በከመ ፡ ጸሐፈ ፡ ሶበ ፡ እጼውዕ ፡ ስመከ ፡ ከሢትየ ፡ አፈ ፡ ረዳኤ ፡ ምንዱባን ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ በከመ ፡ ታለምድድ ፡ ዘልፈ ፡ ለረዲኦትየ ፡ ነዓ ፡ ሰፊሐከ ፡ ክንፈ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Chaîne, Répertoire 119; MG59 290ff. EMIP 16, f. 92v; EMIP 56, f. 1r; MYS 6, ff. 39r–66v.

Subject:

Images

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [128v–133r]

Supplied Title:

Image of Gabriel

Supplied Title NS:

መልክአ ገብርኤል፡

Incipit NS:

በሰላመ ፡ ገብርኤል ፡ መልአክ ፡ በላዕለ ፡ ማርያም ፡ ዘአዕረፈ ፡ ከመ ፡ እዜኑ ፡ ኅዳጠ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ትሩፈ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኀበኒ ፡ ሲሳየ ፡ ልቡና ፡ መጽሐፈ ፡ ወአፉየ ፡ ሙሴ ፡ ለእመ ፡ ኮነ ፡ ጸያፈ ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስ ፡ አሮን ፡ ይኩነኒ ፡ አፈ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Chaîne, Répertoire 246; MG59 312ff.; EMIP 56, f. 63r; MYS 6, ff. 67r–85v.

Subject:

Images