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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMIP 00627

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Addis Ababa

Repository:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Library

ShelfMark:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Codex 27

Folio:

ff. [vi + 44]

Binding:

Rough-hewn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to two Coptic chain stitches, covered with tooled leather, linen is visible between the turn-ins

Notes:

unfoliated, foliation supplied by cataloguer

Provenance:

Ff. 1v, 4r and passim: space was left for a female owner’s name (the gender is indicated in the terms, ዕቀባ” ለአመትከ”) to be inserted, but it never was.

Colophon:

no colophon

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

ff. [vi + 44]

Outer Dimensions:

11.4 x 8.5 x 5.8 cm

Country:

Ethiopia

Date:

20th century

Layout:

ff. 1r–42r one column; 9 lines

Script:

Gə‘əz

Support:

Parchment

Other Decoration:

f. 42r (multiple full stops).

Alphabet:

Ethiopic

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [1r–12v]

Supplied Title:

Sword of Divinity

Supplied Title NS:

ሠይፈ፡ መለኮት፡

Incipit NS:

በስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ቀዳማዊ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ትማልም ፡ ወማዕከላዊ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ዮም ፡ ወደኃራዊ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ጌሠም ፡ ብሉየ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ዓም ፡ ገባሬ ፡ ኩሉ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ድካም ፡ . . .

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Abbadie, AbbCat 171, f. 29v; Conti Rossini, Notice 104; Abbadie, AbbCat 186, f. 104; Conti Rossini, Notice 233; Strelcyn, Lincei 47, f.88v; EMML 1169, f. 120b, EMIP 33:10.

Subject:

Theology

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [13r–42r]

Supplied Title:

Bandlet of Righteousness

Supplied Title NS:

ልፋፈ፡ ጽድቅ፡

Incipit NS:

ልፋፈ ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ ወወልድ ፡ . . .ጸሎት ፡ በእንተ ፡ ድኅነተ ፡ ነፍስ ፡ ወመጽሐፈ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ልፋፈ ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ ዘወሐባ ፡ አብ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡ ማርያም ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ይትወለድ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ እምኔሃ ፡…

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

Lǝfafä Ṣǝdǝq, f. 123r. E. A. Wallis Budge, The Bandlet of Righteousness (London: Luzac, 1929); Sebastian Euringer, “Die Binde der Rechtfertingung (Lefâfa ṣedeḳ),” Or NS vol. 9 (1940) 76–96 and 244–59.

Subject:

Theology