The manuscript contains Ethiopic Psalter, a marginal note. The owner (and donor?) was perhaps a certain Gäbrä Egzi'abeher (folio. 144r, ownership note (?), half-erased).
The Psalter is one of the most wide-spread works in Ethiopia, used for both the liturgy and private devotion (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica IV, 231-232.). Ethiopic Psalter usually includes, apart from the Psalms, also the Canticles of the Prophets, Song of Songs and Marian works. The manuscript con...
The Psalter is one of the most wide-spread works in Ethiopia, used for both the liturgy and private devotion (cp. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica IV, 231-233.). Ethiopic Psalter usually includes, apart from the Psalms, also the Canticles of the Prophets, Song of Songs and Marian works. The manuscript c...
The manuscript contains the texts for the regular church service, Ordo communis and anaphoric prayers, and one donation note. The book was donated to the church by abunä Wäldä Ananya (folio 121v).
The missing half of EAP254/1/14, including the manuscript binding. The back cover is broken. The threads of the binding are broken: some folios are missing, some are in disorder. In folio 103v, the name Wälättä Yohannes (fem.) is added by secondary hand to the supplication, who might be the owner...
Mäshafä Temqät (""The Book of the Baptism"") [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the Mäshafä Krestenna and Mäshafä Qedr, used for the Baptismal ritual and for the ritual of "reconciliation" of an apostate of great sinner with the Church, resp., and a donation note: wäyzaro Kassa Dästa (folio 61v).