Rough-hewn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to four Coptic chain stitches; front cover has been repaired with a piece of modern board attached to the remaining piece of rough-hewn board
Notes:
unfoliated, foliation supplied by cataloguer
Provenance:
F. 77v: note of ownership: “This book belongs to Aläqa Ḫǝruy, that is, Kidanä Maryam.
Colophon:
no colophon
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
ff. [ii + 79]
Outer Dimensions:
21.3 x 19.0 x 4.5 cm
Country:
Ethiopia
Date:
18th century
Layout:
ff. 13r– two columns; 21 lines
Script:
Gə‘əz
Support:
Parchment
Other Decoration:
ff. 14r, 15r, 17v, 21v, 26v, 32r, 36v, 37v, 38r, 41v, 42r, 58v, 64r, 66r, 68r, 76v, 77v, 78r (multiple full stops); black lines are used as section dividers throughout (e.g., ff. 16r, 18r); ff. 27r, 29r, 61r (line of alternating red and black dots).
Alphabet:
Ethiopic
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [1r]
Supplied Title:
Chart of the orbit and windows of the stars
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Notes To Text:
1. F. ii rv: the shortest form of the Baḥǝrä Ḫasab, recited by the priest on the New Year.
Subject:
Computus
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [1v]
Supplied Title:
Chart of käntǝros, cycle of a quarter of a year, interval of two minutes.
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Notes To Text:
Neugebaur, Ethiopic Astronomy and Computus, 178, says that “käntǝros indicates 1/30.”
Subject:
Computus
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [2r–10v]
Supplied Title:
Series of calendar tables with historical events, ending with the death of King Susǝnyos (1606–1632).
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Subject:
Computus
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [10v-11r]
Supplied Title:
Three charts with measurements of the shadows of the hours
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Notes To Text:
Arranged by month
Subject:
Computus
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [11v–12]
Supplied Title:
Computation tables of the Epact and Solar Cycle of the year, with leap year.
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Subject:
Computus
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [13r–66r]
Supplied Title:
Book of the Mystery of Heaven and Earth
Supplied Title NS:
መጽሐፈ፡ ምሥጢረ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወምዽር፡
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Notes To Text:
Edited by J. Perruchon, “Le livre des mysteres du ciel et de la terre,” PO 1 (1947) 1–96, (with French translation), and by E. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth, London 1935 (with an English translation). See EMML 2161.
Subject:
Mystery
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [66r–68v]
Supplied Title:
Mystery of the Resurrection of the Dead
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Notes To Text:
From the Five Pillars
Subject:
Mystery
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [69r–76v]
Supplied Title:
Faith of Jacob Al Baradai
Supplied Title NS:
ሃይማኖተ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ አልበራዳኢ፡
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Subject:
Theology
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [76v–77r]
Supplied Title:
The Ten Commandments
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Subject:
Bible – OT
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [77v]
Supplied Title:
List of the Alexandrian Popes
Language(s):
Gə‘əz
Subject:
History
Manuscript Text
Folio:
ff. [78r]
Supplied Title:
Excerpt from commentary by John Chrysostom on Matthew’s note about Mary not knowing Joseph until the birth of Jesus.
