Ms. 16 Sa᾽ātāt; Nages; Liton

Title: Ms. 16 Sa᾽ātāt; Nages; Liton
Alternative title: Nages
ነግሥ
Hymns for saints
ሰዓታት
Liton
The Hours; Hymns for Saints; Liton
ሊጦን
Uniform title: The Hours; Hymns for Saints; Liton
Date Created: early 18th c.
Date: 1700/1750
Place of Origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ethiopic
Collection: Ethiopic Manuscripts

Description: Layout: Two columns per page,13 lines of text per page
Some leaves missing at the end.
The manuscript is composed of fifteen quires of eight and ten leaves each.
Text is in black ink; the beginning of some prayers and St. Mary's name are in red ink.
Provenance: On p. 2 appears the names of Priest Wolda Abb and Priest Habta Giyoregis. Someone has inserted as a bookmark a blank form of colonial Italy's 'Telegramma in partaenza'. On the back of the form, it is written in Amharic, 'I, Mekonnen Gezaw, borrowed from my father Abba Jerom four Ethiopian Birr. Regarding my borrowing, I have confirmed it with my signature. I swear by the name of my father Abba Jerome. The guarantor is Aleqa Like Tebebt. Genebot (May ) 16, 1938 [EC]."
Table of contents: Pp. 185-202 Litani ሊጦን ;ወካዕበ ናስተበቊዕ ዘኲሎ ይእኅዝ እግዚአብሔር አብ ለእግዚእ ወመድኃኒነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እንዘ ነአኲቶ እስመ ዓቀበነ በኑኃ ሌሊት ;Pp. 203-204 Esebeh Sagaki እሴብሕ ጸጋኪ ;እሴብሕ ጸጋኪ ኦ እግዝእትየ ማርያም ዕፅ ልምሉም ወለተ ሐና ወኢያቄም ኀረገ ወይንየ ኀረገ ወይን አንቲ ማርያም ;Pp. 204-214 Mestabequ'e Zamareyam መስተብቁዕ ዘማርያም ;Pp. 214-215 Prayer after communion ;Pp. 215-216 Prayer from a liturgical book

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: Ms. 16
ARK: ark:/21198/zz001h9hrk
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Rights statement: public domain
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