Ms. 1 Qeddāsé Māryām, Malek’ā Kidāna Mehrat

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 1 Qeddāsé Māryām, Malek’ā Kidāna Mehrat

Alternative title

Image of Kidana Meherat (Covenant of Mary)
ቅዳሴ ማርያም
መልክአ ኪዳነ ምህረት
The Anaphora of Mary

Uniform title

Anaphora of Mary
Images of the Saints

Date Created

1842-1854

Date

1842/1854

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Written by a single hand. No drawings.
One of the the official fourteen anaphoras of the Ethiopian orthodox church. Praise for St. Mary and discourse on the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as the major part of the liturgy.
The manuscript composed in six quires 10 leaves each.
Layout: two columns of text, 14 lines of text per page
Text in black ink. Beginning of each prayer, instructions for the priests and deacons, Saint Mary's name and the name of the Holy Trinity are in red ink.

Provenance

On p. 82, the previous owner's name is overwritten with ink and, at the bottom of the page, it says "Ayela Eyasus's origin is in Wallaga."

Table of contents

Pp. 1-82 Anapora of Mary ቅዳሴ ማርያም ;አኰቴተ ቊርባን ዘእግእዝትነ ማርያም ዘደረሰ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ አባ ሕርያቆስ ዘሀገረ ብህንሳ ጐሥዓ ልብየ ቃለ ሠናየ ጐሥዓ ልብየ ቃለ ሠናየ ጐሥዓ ልብየ ቃለ ሠናየ ወአነ አየድዕ ቅዳሴሃ ለማርያም ;Pp. 82-120 Image of Kidana Meheratበስመ እግዚአብሔር ወሃቤ ብርሃን ዘይሤለስ በአካሉ እንዘ ተዋህዶ ያጸንዕ በመለኮቱ ወኃሉ ወዓይነ ልቡና ያብርህ ማኅቶተ ጥበብ ሥነ ጸዳሉ ከመ ይርዓይ ገጸ ነገር በኪዳንኪ ዘይደሉ ማርያም እግዝእተ ኩሉ በታሕቱ ወበላዕሉ

Physical Description

Extent

120 pages (60 leaves)

Dimensions

97 mm x 64 mm x 28 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Stamped leather over wooden boards.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text
still image