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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMIP 00626

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Addis Ababa

Repository:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Library

ShelfMark:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Codex 26

Folio:

ff. [ii + 94]

Binding:

Rough-hewn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to four Coptic chain stitches, covered with tooled leather that is protected by a linen cover, headband and tailband

Notes:

unfoliated, foliation supplied by cataloguer; written during the early-twentieth century (ff. 2v and passim mention Abba Peṭros (IV, 1881–1921) and Matewos (1843–1926).

Provenance:

F. 30v and passim: owner’s name, Wäldä Säma‘ǝt.

Colophon:

no colophon

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

ff. [ii + 94]

Outer Dimensions:

11.9 x 8.8 x 4.4 cm

Country:

Ethiopia

Date:

early 20th century

Layout:

ff. 1r–93r one column; 14 lines

Script:

Gə‘əz

Scribe:

F. 36r: name of the scribe, Gäbrä Yoḥannǝs.

Support:

Parchment

Other Decoration:

ff. 31r, 61r, 72rv (line of alternating red and black dots); ff. 36r, 53r (lines of full stops and alternating red and black dots); ff. 48r, 62r (multiple full stops).

Alphabet:

Ethiopic

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [1r–31r]

Supplied Title:

Anaphora of Mary attributed to Cyriacus of Bǝhǝnsa

Supplied Title NS:

ቅዳሴ፡ ማርያም፡

Incipit NS:

ጐሥዓ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ቃለ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ጐሥዓ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ቃለ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ጐሥዓ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ቃለ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ወአነ ፡ አየድዕ ፡ ቅዳሴሃ ፡ ለማርያም ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

See Ernst Hammerschmidt, Studies in the Ethiopic Anaphoras, 2nd ed, (Stuttgart, 1987). EMIP 27.

Subject:

Anaphora; Missal

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [31r–36r]

Supplied Title:

God of the Luminaries

Supplied Title NS:

እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘብርሃናት፡

Incipit NS:

እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘብርሃናት ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘሥልጣናት ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘአርእስተ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ዘእምታህተ ፡ እኅዞትከ ፡ ኵሉሁ ፡ ለ ፍጥረት ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ወእግዚአ ፡ አጋዕዝት ፡ አምላከ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ወአምላክነ ፡ ወመድኃኒነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Chaîne, Répertoire 363; EMML 4001 (10: 1); and Princeton Ethiopic 13, ff. 44r–46r. See also, EA 2: 249; and Säbattu Kidanat, Qəddase Maryam, Mälkə’a Guba’e. Addis Ababa: Täsfa Press, 1959 EC, 38ff. MG59 38ff; MQ51 199–200; Daoud-Mersie, Liturgy 244–5

Subject:

Hymns

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [37r–48r]

Supplied Title:

Prayer of the Covenant

Supplied Title NS:

ጸሎተ፡ ኪዳን፡

Incipit NS:

እመጽሐፈ ፡ ኪዳን ፡ ዘነገሮሙ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ለአርዳኢሁ ፡ ሣህሉ ፡ ወምሕረቱ ፡ የሃሉ ፡ ምስለ ፡ . . . ቅዱስ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ኃያል ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ሕያው ፡ ዘኢይመውት ፡ . . . ለከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ለገባሬ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ለዘኢታስተርኢ ፡ አምላክ ፡ ንሰፍሕ ፡ ነፍሰነ ፡ ወስብሐተ ፡ ዘነግሕ ፡ ንፌኑ ፡ ለከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ለጥበበ ፡ ኩሉ ፡ ኃያል ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

As part of the liturgy, the prayer has been copied and printed many times, e.g. MQ51 256–62; MD59 602–14; see also DChr 46–50; Velat, Me‘erāf I:1–6; and (tr.) Velat, Me‘erāf II:170–74

Subject:

Prayers

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [48r–52v]

Supplied Title:

Prayer, “For the sake of the peaceful holy things”

Supplied Title NS:

በእንተ፡ ቅድሳት፡ ሰላማዊት፡

Incipit NS:

በእንተ ፡ ቅድሳት ፡ ሰማያውያን ፡ ሰላመ ፡ ናስተበቍዕ ፡ ከመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ያስተሳልመነ ፡ በሣህለ ፡ ዚአሁ። አሜን ፡ ኪርያላይሶን ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ተሠሃለነ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

MQ51 26–9; MG59 41ff.; Daoud-Mersie, Liturgy, 33–7; EMIP 37, ff. 109v–113r.

Subject:

Prayers

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [52v–61r]

Supplied Title:

Mystagogia

Supplied Title NS:

ትምህርተ፡ ኅቡዓት፡

Incipit NS:

በእንተ ፡ ትምህርተ ፡ ኅቡአት ፡ ቅድመ ፡ ዘትትነገር ፡ እምጵርፎራ ፡ ለምእመናን ፡ ኅቡዓት ፡ ትምህተ ፡ ኅቡዓትሰ ፡ ከመዝ ፡ ንግር ፡ ዘቅድመ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ ወይሄሉ ፡ ዘመጽአ ፡ ዘሐመ ፡ ወሞተ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Hammerschmidt, Texte 48–72; Lifchitz, Textes 40–52; Velat, Me‘erāf I:215–7; MG59 9ff.

Subject:

Mystagogia

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [61r–72r]

Supplied Title:

Anaphora of Our Lord

Supplied Title NS:

ቅዳሴ፡ እግዚእ፡

Incipit NS:

እመጽሐፈ ፡ ኪዳን ፡ በሰማይ ፡ የሃሉ ፡ ልብክሙ ፡ እወ ፡ የሃሉ ፡ በሰማይ ፡ ልብነ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ስምከ ፡ አጽንዓነ ፡ ወረሰየነ ፡ ድልዋነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ወአምላክነ ፡ . . . ነአኵተከ ፡ አምላክ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ፈጻሜ ፡ ነፍስነ ፡ ወሀቤ ፡ ሕይወትነ ፡ ዘኢይማስን ፡ መዝገብ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ለዋህድ ፡ ወልድከ ፡ መድኃኒነ ፡ ዘይዜኑ ፡ ዘዚአከ ፡ ፈቃደ ፡ እስመ ፡ ፈቀድከ

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

See Ernst Hammerschmidt, Studies in the Ethiopic Anaphoras, second revised edition, (Stuttgart 1987). EMIP 27.

Subject:

Anaphora; Missal

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [72rv]

Supplied Title:

Excerpt from Hymns during communion, “Holy, holy, holy, the Triune”

Incipit NS:

ቅዱስ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ሥሉስ ፡ ዘኢይትነገር ፡ ሀበኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ እንሣእ ፡ ለሕይወት ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ሥጋ ፡ ወደመ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ኩነኒ ፡፡ ሀበኒ ፡ እግበር ፡ ፍሬ ፡ ዘያሠምረከ ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

1. F. 72v: Prayer for the owner and scribe.

Subject:

Hymns; Prayers

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [73rv]

Supplied Title:

Instructions about the measurement of shadows for the telling of time

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Cf. EMIP 187, f. i v(erso).

Subject:

Instructions

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [75r–92v]

Supplied Title:

Lamentations of the Virgin

Supplied Title NS:

ሰቆቃወ፡ ድንግል፡

Incipit NS:

በስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሥሉስ ፡ ሕፀተ ፡ ግጻዌ ፡ ዘአልቦ ፡ ሰቆቃወ ፡ ድንግል ፡ እጽሕፍ ፡ ቀለመ ፡ አንብዕ ፡ በአንጠብጥቦ ፡ ወይሌ ፡ ወላህ ፡ ለይበል ፡ ዘአንበቦ ፡ ከማሃ ፡ ኀዘነ ፡ ወተሰዶ ፡ ሶበ ፡ በኵለሄ ፡ ረከቦ ፡ ርእዮ ፡ ለይብኪ ፡ ዓይነ ፡ ልብ ፡ ዘቦ፡

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

P. Chrysostome P. Hayoz, Portrait de Marie. Complainte de la Vierge. Deux poésies éthiopiennes inédites. Texte, traduction, commentaire. Thèse (Fribourg, Switzerland, 1956); Chaîne, Répertoire 268. 1. F. 93r: Addendum to Lamentations of the Virgin.

Subject:

Hymns