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31. EAP254/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/9
Title:
Gädlä Ananya (""The Acts of Ananya""; Collection of hagiographic texts devoted to St. Ananya) [18th century]
Scope & Content:
The Vita of Ananya, a 16th century monk from the so-called "Ewostatean movement", was possibly written in the 16th or 17th century (s. Encyclopaeida Aethiopica I, 250-51). The manuscript contains a collection of hagiographic works devoted to Ananya: the Vita, the Miracles and Mälke'a-hymns in his...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
57 TIFF images

32. EAP254/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/10
Title:
Somä Deggwe (A part of the Deggwa for the Lent period) [19th century]
Scope & Content:
Somä Deggwa is a part of Deggwa which is usually copied separately and contains the hymns for the period of Lent. It started circulating as separate text at least in the late 17th century. The manuscript contains the text with musical notation. Scribe unknown.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
77 TIFF images

33. EAP254/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/11
Title:
Tä'amrä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [1967? AD]
Scope & Content:
The miracles are read at numerous church feasts of St. Mary. The manuscript contains circa 70 miraculous stories. Donated by (fem.) Wälättä Muse, (fem.) Wälättä Kidan; Gäbrä Mika'el, Gäbrä Iyäsus and others. Scribe unknown.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1967?
Extent:
75 TIFF images

34. EAP254/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/12
Title:
Mäshafä Genzät ""The Book of the Funeral Ritual"" [late 19th/early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The text is used for the funeral service. The oldest known manuscripts originate from the 15th century (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica II, 748-49). The manuscript contains the Mäshafä Genzät and a marginal note. According to the donation note (fol. 139), the manucsript was donated by Gäbrä Sellase, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
147 TIFF images

35. EAP254/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/13
Title:
Gädlä Kiros ""The Acts of St. Kiros"" [19th/early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The hagiographic work devoted to Kiros, an Egyptian saint (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica III, pp. 409-411.). The manuscript contains the Vita of St. Kiros. Scribe unknown.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
19th/early 20th century
Extent:
50 TIFF images

36. EAP254/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/14
Title:
Dawit ""Psalter"" [mid-19th century]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
133 TIFF images

37. EAP254/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/15
Title:
Dawit ""Psalter"" (fragment) [mid-19th century]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
119 TIFF images

38. EAP254/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/16
Title:
Dawit ""Psalter"" [18th century]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
207 TIFF images

39. EAP254/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/17
Title:
Zena sellase ""The Story of the Trinity"" [early to mid 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The text is meant to be read at the church feasts of the Holy Trinity; it is attested since circa early 19th century. The manuscript contains the Zena Sellase and a donation note in pen (foio. 99v). Donated by wäyzaro (Mrs) Mehrät, whose baptismal name is Wälättä Mädhen, and her relatives. Scribe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
Early 20th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
111 TIFF images

40. EAP254/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/18
Title:
Dawit ""Psalter"" [18th century]
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
150 TIFF images

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