Collection of texts devoted to St. Mary [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The texts are used for the church services and private devotion. The manuscript contains homilies and poetic compositions devoted to St. Mary, and one fine miniature. The book was donated by wäyzaro Amaräch Etahun (folio 1r).
Tä'amrä Iyäsus (""Miracles of Jesus"") [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The work is used for the church service and private devotion. The manuscript contains the collection of Miracles, two miniatures, a short sälam-hymn, and a donation note. Donated by Kassa (baptismal name Gäbrä Mädhen).
Dersanä Mika'el (""The Homily of St. Mika'el"") [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the Homily, two miniatures (in which the donors are depicted), two marginal notes. The book was commissioned by Wälättä Abiyä Egzi' (folio 115v; the note mentions also her relatives).
Sälotä Etan ""Prayer(s) of the Incense"" [19th century]
Scope & Content:
The prayer(s) of incense is read in the church every day upon ritual of the incense burning. The manuscript contains the prayer(s) of incense, a donation note. The book was bought and donated by wäyzaro Bähafta Haylu (folio 69r); another note (folio 68v) lists other individuals, probably her rela...
Mahletä Sege (""Canticle of the Flowers"") [second half of the 18th]
Scope & Content:
The work is a poetic composition praising St. Mary, meant for both church services and private devotion (created in the 15th or 16th century, s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica III, 660-61). The manuscript contains the Mahletä Segge, and a fragment of another Marian prayer at the end written by a differ...
Sälotä Etan ""Prayer(s) of the Incense"" [mid- / late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the prayer of the incense which is a part of the Ethiopian church rite every since (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica III, 134-35). The prayers to are commonly read in the church everyday, during the burning of the incense.
Dersanä Sänbät (""Homily of the Sabbath"") [first half of the 19th century]
Scope & Content:
The work is linked to the custom of observing two Sabbath days. The manuscript contains one of the homilies devoted to the veneration of the Sabbath days which is ascribed to Jacob of Sarug (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica II, 141-42) and known starting from the 18th cent. The manuscript contains the...
Mäshafä gessawe ""The Book of the Exposition"" (Lectionary for the liturgical year) [late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
The work shows how the liturgy on the days of the year should be organized. It contains indications (titles, incipits, extensive passages) as to which anaphoric prayers should be used, which biblical passages should be read, and various others.
Mäshafä Sä'atat (""The Book of Canonical Hours"", or ""Horologium"") [middle or second half of the 18th century]
Scope & Content:
Different versions of the "Book of the Hours" (both translation and compiled by Ethiopian author) have been known since 14th/15th century. The text is used for the church service of the canonical hours.