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Or 584 — ድጓ Dēggwä. Hymnbook of the Ethiopian Church for the whole year, with musical notes.

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Plate 1Or 584, f.154v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.
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An Ethiopian manuscript containing:Dēggwä.f.1r, The Dēggwä, or Hymnbook of the Ethiopian Church for the whole year, with musical notes the volume begins with the Feast of S. John the Baptist and ends with the Presentation of our Lord and the Commemoration of S. Simeon the Aged.f.1r, Beginning, ማሕሌተ ያሬድ Mahletä Yared.f. 121r. The table of Hallelujahs.f. 122r. the second part commences on and contains the hymns for Lent ማሕሌተ ያሬድ Mahletä Yared. .f. 154v, A portrait of St. Takla Haimanot.f. 155r, Easter, and concludes with a hymn on the appearance of Jehovah to Abraham (Genesis, eh. xviii.).f.231r. a note, recording that this Ms. was presented by Za-Manfas Kedus to the church of Dabra Berhan, founded by king 'iyasu I.f. 232r, a portrait of ያሬድ YaredDecoration: Number of illustrations 2. Written in a small, regular character, and dated A.D. 1735.

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Source date: 1735
Date evidence: Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
Holding institution: British Library
Shelfmark: Or 584
Folio: 2 catalogue-identified art canvases
Place evidence: No place is inferred from the shelfmark or repository. Consult the linked catalogue record for the source wording.
Catalogue source: British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
Source record: British Library catalogue 032-003346656