Ms. 7 Mazemura Dāwit, Ṣalota Nabiyat, Wedāsé Māryām, Anqaṣa Berhān

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 7 Mazemura Dāwit, Ṣalota Nabiyat, Wedāsé Māryām, Anqaṣa Berhān

Alternative title

መዝሙረ ዳዊት
አንቀጸ ብርሃን
Ṣalota Nabiyāt
Mazemura Dāwit
Wedasé Māreyām
Aneqaşa Berehān
ጸሎተ ነቢያት
Psalter, Canticles of Old and New Testament Prophets, Praise of St. Mary, The Gate of Light
ውዳሴ ማርያም

Uniform title

Dawit

Date Created

19th c.

Date

1800/1899

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

No illustrations.
The text is in black ink; the name of God, angels, and saints, including the scribes and the owners, and the first line of each book, is in red ink.
The manuscript composed in seven quires of two quires has 12 leaves each, four quires of 10 leaves each and one quire of 8 leaves.
Layout: One column of text, 22 lines of text per page.

Table of contents

Pp. 1-59 Psalms beginning from Psalm 111(112):3 መዝሙረ ዳዊት ;ወጽድቁኒ ይነብር ለዓለም። ;ሠረቀ ብርሃን ለራትዓን በውስተ ጽልመት። ;መሐሪ ወመስተሣህል እግዚአብሔር። ;Pp. 59-86 መኃልየ ነቢያት Fifteen biblical canticles. Pp. 59-61 First song of Moses.Pp. 61-65 Second song of Moses.Pp. 65-69 Third song of Moses. Ethiopian Title: Prayer of Moses of the Third Law. Pp. 69-70 Song of Hannah. Title: Prayer of Hannah, the Mother of Samuel.Pp. 71-72 Prayer of Hezekiah. Title: Prayer of Hezekiah, the King of Judea. Pp. 72-74 Prayer of Manasseh. Title: Prayer of Mennase the Prophet. Pp. 74-75 Prayer of Jonah. Title: Prayer of Jonah the Prophet. Pp. 75-77 Prayer of Daniel. Title: Prayer of Daniel and Praise of Azariah.Pp. 77-78 First Song of the Three Children. Title: Prayer of the Three ChildrenPp. 78-80 Second Song of the Three Children. Title: When Ananiah Azariah and Misael Blessed (God).Pp. 80-82. Song of Habakkuk. Title: Prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet. Pp. 82-84 Song of Isaiah. Title: Prayer of Isaiah the Prophet.Pp. 84-85 Song of the Virgin Mary. Title: Prayer of Our Lady the Virgin Mary. Pp. 85-86 Song of Zachariah. Title: Prayer of Zachrariah the Prophet.P. 86 Song of Simeon. Title: Prayer of Simeon the Prophet. Pp. 86-98 መኃልየ መኃልይ ዘሰሎሞን Song of Songs Solomon ;Pp. 99-124 ውዳሴ ማርያም Praises of Mary (Weddase Mariyam) for the following days: Pp. 99-101 ዘሰኑይ Monday ;Pp. 101-105 ዘሠሉስ Tuesday ;Pp. 105-109 ዘረቡዕ Wednesday ;Pp. 109-115 ዘሐሙስ Thursday ;Pp. 115-119 ዘአርብ Friday ;Pp. 119-121 ዘቀዳሚት Saturday ;Pp. 121-124 ዘእሁድ Sunday ;Pp. 124-137 አንቀጸ ብርሃን The Gate of Light (Anqasa berehan) ;pp. 138-142 scribbling.

Physical Description

Extent

142 pages

Dimensions

170 mm x 115 mm x 30 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Wooden boards.

Condition note

The manuscript is damaged, probably by water. The text in red ink is totally washed out or faded.

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Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text
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