Rough-hewn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to four Coptic chain stitches, quarter bound with leather
Notes:
unfoliated, foliation supplied by cataloguer; this manuscript is identical in content and layout with EMIP 89 (see Getatchew, et. al., Catalogue, volume 1: 231–234), from which it was, apparently, copied.
Provenance:
F. 121v: note of ownership, “This book belongs to Ab Śǝlus, his father’s name is Wäldä Dawit Ṭǝqä Ḥer, his mother’s name is Ǝgzi’abǝḥer Awit. He gave it to his son, Estifanos.”
Colophon:
no colophon
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
ff. [ii + 122]
Outer Dimensions:
23.4 x 20.0 x 6.7 cm
Country:
Ethiopia
Date:
late 19th century
Layout:
ff. 1r–78r three columns; ff. 78v– 121v in two columns (even though the parchment has been scored for three columns through f. 89v); 26 lines
Script:
Gə‘əz
Scribe:
F. 122r: Pen trial with the name of the scribe(?): “A good pen, tried by Sunǝt (?) (the scribe of the book?), his father Bǝyä Giyorgis. I, your servant wrote in my hand.”
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
lines of alternating red and black dots are used as section dividers throughout (e.g., ff. 3v, 5r, 7v); multiple full stops are used as section dividers throughout (e.g, ff. 8rv, 10v).
Published in Ethiopia, መጽሐፈ፡ ድጓ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ያሬድ፡ የደረሰው፡ (Addis Ababa: Bərhanənna Sälam Press, 1959 EC), and see now, Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Peter Jeffery, eds., Ethiopian Christian Religious Chant: An Anthology (Madison WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 1993–1997)
