Ms. 12 Sayefa Śellāsé, Dersāna Mikā᾽él, Amestu A'emāda Mesṭir

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Title

Ms. 12 Sayefa Śellāsé, Dersāna Mikā᾽él, Amestu A'emāda Mesṭir

Alternative title

ሰይፈ ሥላሴ
ድርሳነ ሚካኤል
The Sword of the Trinity; Homily On St. Michael; Introduction of The Five Pillars of the Faith
አምስቱ አዕማደ ምሥጢር

Uniform title

The Sword of the Trinity, Homily of St. Michael, The Five Pillars of the Faith

Date Created

Late 18th c.

Date

1750/1799

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Prayer to the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit). Praise of the Trinity based on God's attributes. Theology of the Triune God. Prayer for protection from evil spirits, evil persons, magicians, and sorcerers.
Layout: Two columns per page, 17 lines of text per page.
The manuscript is composed of quires of eight leaves each.
Some borders as illustrations.
Text is in black ink, the beginning of each prayer and divine names are in red ink.

Provenance

The previous scribe or owner's name, Takla Haymanot, has frequently been erased from the text and replaced with the name Gabera Heyewot.

Table of contents

Pp. 1-2 blank with some scribbles ;ሠይፈ ሥላሴ The Sword of the Trinity ;Pp. 3-12 of Monday በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ቅዱስ፡ አነቅህ፡ በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እትነሣዕ፡ በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አአምን በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እትመኃፀን ;Pp. 12-23 of Tuesday አአትብ፡ ፍጽምየ፡ በመለኮተ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ ፡አኃትም፡ ከዋላየ ፡በመለኮተ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አኃትም፡ የማንየ፡ በመለኮተ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ ፡አኃትም፡ ጸጋምየ፡ በመለኮተ፡፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ ;Pp. 23-31 of Wednesdayአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ቅዱስ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ሀልዎ፡ ሥሉስ ፡በተገጽዎ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ቅዱስ፡ በድማሬ ፡ሥሉስ ፡በሥላሴ፡ ጽሙር ;Pp. 31-41 of Thursday አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ በግጻዌ፡ ሥሉስ፡ በሥላሴ፡ ዋህድ፡ አምላክ፡ ፫ አዕማድ፡ ብርሃን፡ ፩አምጣኖሙ፡ ወ፩ስኖሙ ;Pp. 42-55 of Friday ዓይ፡ ልሳን፡ ወዓይ፡ ከናፍር፡ ዘይክል ፡ነቢበ፡ ዕበይ፡ ክብሩ፡ ለሥላሴ፡ዓይ፡ ልቡና፡ ወዓይ፡ ሰሚዕ፡ ዘይክል፡ አእምሮ፡ ህላዌሁ፡ ለሥላሴ ;Pp. 55-64 of Saturday ሰላም፡ ለፍቅረ፡ መለኮት፡ ዘትስብእቱ፡ ዘጾመ ፡እንበይነ፡ ዚአነ፡ አርአያሁ፡ ከመ፡ የሀበነ፡ ሰላም፡ ለፍቅረ፡ መለኮት፡ ዘይፄዓን፡ ላዕለ፡ ሠረገላ ;Pp. 65-76 of Sunday አኃሥሥ ፡ጽድቀ፡ እምኀቤከ፡ አቀመረ፡ ጽድቀ፡ አኃሥሥ፡ ጥበበ ፡እምኔከ፡ ኦ ፡ሙዳየ፡ ጥበብ፡ ኦ ፡ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ፀሐየ፡ መለኮት፡ ልሳነ፡ እሳት፡ ዘኢይትዓወቅ ፡ጥንተ ፡ህላዌከ፡ ሥርዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ወአቡሃ፡ ለምህረት ፡ብሔርከ፡ ብሔረ፡ ሕይወት፡ ሀገርከ ፡ሀገረ ፡መድኃኒት፡ ውኂዘ፡ ርትዕ፡ ነቅዓ፡ አእምሮ፡ ነቅዓ ፡ቅድሳት፡ ወነቅዓ፡ ትፍሥሕት፡ ወሐሴት፡ ቀመረ ፡ጽድቅ፡ መርዓዊሀ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም። ;Pp. 77-86 Homily of St. Michael on Hedar (November) 12 በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩፡ አምላክ፡ ድርሳን ፡ወነገር፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ አባ፡ ደማቴዎስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘለእስክንድርያ፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ በበዓለ ፡ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ሚካኤል፡ አመ፲ ወ፪ወርሃ ፡ህዳር፡ ያርእየነ ፡እግዚአብሔር ፡ክብረ ወብዕለ ዘወሀቦ አግዚእነ እምኲሎሙ ቅዱሳን መላእክቲሁ ;Pp. 87-95 Introduction of The Five Pillars of the Faith በስመ አብ ወወልድ …ማን ፈጠራችሁ ሥላሴ ሥላሴ ስንት ናቸው ፩ ም ናቸው ፫ ም ናቸው። የ ፭ ቱ አዕማደ ምሥጢር እንዲቀድም ;Pp. 96-99 Blank pages Pp. 100 Pen trialNo images.

Physical Description

Extent

100 Pages

Dimensions

165 mm x 130 mm x 30 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Wooden board without a cover for the spine.

Condition note

The front wood board is broken. Some water damage.

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