What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:Prayers to Mary, Trinity, biblical prayer compilation (almost illegible) and prayers against evil.Inscription on f. 1r reads: Ex codicibus Joannis AngeliDucis ab Altaemps PsalteriumLiteris Abyssinorum, seu Aethiopum. Accordingly, the previous owner of this manuscript was Johannes Angelus, Duke of Altemps.ff. 2r-v9. Prayers Beginning: እኪ፡ ዳዊት፡ ብፁዕ፡ ፈኑ፡ እዴከ ፡እምአርያም። አድኀነኒ ወባልሐኒ፡ እማይ፡ ብዙኀ።ወካዕበ፡ይቤ፡ ፈኑ፡ ብርሃነከ፡ ወጽድቀከ። ተ፡ በከ፡ አእማኑኤል፡ ምስክ፡ ቀስተከ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይሕምመኒ፡ በ አክፈከ፡ አሜን።ff.9 r-13v. Didascalia, beginning: ለገ፡ ዮርዳኖስ፡ ሶበ፡ ነበረ፡ ዲበ፡ ርእስከ፡ በርእየ[ት]፡ ርግብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መንፈስ፡ ወ አመ፡ ስምየ፡ ኮነ፡ አብነ፡ ወለድየ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ እ መስማያዊ፡ ምቅድስ። በከመ፡ ነበየ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ቃለ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል።ff 13v-16r Prayer. Beginning: በስመ፡ አበ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላ። በቅድስት፡ ስላሴ፡ እንዘ፡ እትመኀፀን፡ እክሕደከ፡ ሰይጣን፡ እንዝ፡ እረግመከ፡ በስመ፡ እግዚብ አሔር፡ ረገመከ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ እምቅድም፡ ለያኀስርከ፡ እግዚብ አሔር፡ ዘኃረያ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም፡ አሜን።ff. 16r-17v. Prayer. Beginning: ዘዕዝራ፡ እትመኀፀን፡ ብከ፡ ኦእግዚእ፡ እግዚ አብሔር፡ አምላኪየ።Colophon: f. 6r. the name King Zar’a- Yaqob. ሶበ፡ ጸዋዕክዎ፡ አድኀን፡ እምፀርየ፡ ሊተ፡ ለፀርዐ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ቆስጠንጢኖስ፡ ስመ፡ መንግ ሥትየ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይልክፉ፡ ነፍስየ፡ ወሥጋየ፡ አሜን። Coloured (black and red) ornamental band interlace motifs: ff. 13v, 14r, 14v, 18r.f.2r. the names ወልደ፡ እግዝ አብሔር፡ and ወወልደ፡ ማር…
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- Source date
- 1434-1468
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- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Add 11678
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- Catalogue source
- British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
- Source record
- British Library catalogue 032-003387076