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.
Mäshafä Genzät ""The Book of the Funeral Ritual"" [late 19th/early 20th century]
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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, ...
Gädlä Kiros ""The Acts of St. Kiros"" [19th/early 20th century]
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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.
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 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...
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...
Zena sellase ""The Story of the Trinity"" [early to mid 20th century]
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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...
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).
Gädlä Täklä Haymanot ""The Acts of Täklä Haymanot"" [20th century]
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The collection of hagiographic works is devoted to Täklä Haymanot, a 13th-14th-century Ethiopian saint (Encyclopaedia Aethiopica IV, 831-34). The Vita, Miracles etc. are read at three church feasts of Täklä Haymanot. Donated by Abreha Gäbrä Iyäsus (folio 115v). Scribe: Mähari Enneyäw (folio 115v).