EMML 698, fol. 2a — Miniatures

F. 2a: Madonna and Child enthroned, attended by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel with swords drawn and surrounded by four suppliants, Belatta Kasa, (his son) Belatta Antannahu, Wayzaro Das ta and a boy. Drawing, f. 68a: God prot ecting a church against either a thief or a demon. Copied for Walda Maryam (prayer, f. 9b and passim), apparently identical with Belatta Antannahu Kasa, who paid for the manuscript (colophon, f. 9oa). Given (to whom?) by Belatta Dasta Walda Giyorgis (note, f. 9oa). Another not e of donation by Abba Gabra Sellase, f. 3b. Ff. 2a, 3a and 36b blank, except for a childish drawing. 460 ADDENDA TO VOLUME I EMML Pr. No. 147 Church of St. Urael, quarter of Bole', Addis Ababa. Parchment, 15 x 13.5 cm., 126 + 1 ff., 2 cols., 20 to 21 lines, 19th c. 1) Ff. 2a- 6la: Isaiah [Isayeyas ]. 2) Ff. 62a- 87b: I Ezra [cEzra], the extracanonical book that the Ethiopians also call Sutu'el. 3) Ff. 89a-124b: Job [!yob]. There are many notes in the margins and int erline.