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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP254/1

21. EAP254/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/20
Title:
Gädlä Täklä Haymanot ""The Acts of Täklä Haymanot"" [20th century]
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
133 TIFF images

22. EAP254/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/21
Title:
Gebrä Hemamat ""The Rite of the Passion Week"" [1697 AD, during the reign of King Iyasu I Adyam Sägäd (1682-1706)]
Scope & Content:
The Mäshafä Gebrä Hemamat is used for the church services during the days of the Holy Week. It is considered to have been compiled at least in the 15th century (Encyclopaedia Aethiopica II, 725-28). The manuscript contains the Mäshafä Gebrä Hemamat and a colophon with precise dates in folio 201v....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1697
Extent:
219 TIFF images

23. EAP254/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/22
Title:
Gädlä Zä-Mika'el Arägawi ""The Acts of Zä-Mika'el Arägawi"" [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The Vita of Zä-Mika'el Arägawi, one of the so-called "Nine Saints", is read upon the church commemoration of the Saint. The Vita was probably written in late 15th century, and it is one of the most popular hagiographic works in the region. The manuscript contains the Vita, several miracles of M...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
70 TIFF images

24. EAP254/1/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/23
Title:
Nägärä Maryam ""The Story of Mary"" [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The apocryphal work Nägärä Maryam is attested since ca. early 18th century. The manuscript contains the Story of Mary and two marginal notes. The manuscripts was commissioned and donated by wäyzaro (Mrs) Wälättä Sellase (folios 72r, 80v). Scribe: Gäbrä Tensa'e.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
89 TIFF images

25. EAP254/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/24
Title:
Tä'amrä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a collection of 290 miracles. Commissioned and donated by Wäldä Mädhen, Fessha Heywät and (fem.) Wälättä Heywät.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
94 TIFF images

26. EAP254/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/25
Title:
Dersanä Mika'el (""The Homily of St. Mika'el"") [late 18th-early 19th cent]
Scope & Content:
Commissioned and donated by Wäldä Mädhen, Fessha Heywät and (fem.) Wälättä Heywät.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
90 TIFF images

27. EAP254/1/26

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/26
Title:
Collection of liturgical hymns (Me'eraf, Mäwase'et) [late 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A collection of several books of liturgical hymns. The manuscript contains the text with musical notation signs, written above the lines.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
late 18th century
Extent:
106 TIFF images

28. EAP254/1/27

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/27
Title:
Dersanä Rufa'el ""The Homily of St. Raphael"". [19th century (?)]
Scope & Content:
The text is read on the church feast of St. Raphael. The manuscript contains the collection of Miracles of St. Raphael and mälke'-hymns in his honor.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
19th century (?)
Extent:
71 TIFF images

29. EAP254/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/28
Title:
Tä'amrä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [19th century]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a short collection of Miracles and three miniatures (probably painted later). The lacunas in the supplication formulas, meant for the name of the commissioner/donor, remained unfilled; later, the name Gäbrä Sadeqan was written, in pen, by secondary hand.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
76 TIFF images

30. EAP254/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1/29
Title:
Mäwase'et (a collection of chants) [late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a collection of liturgical hymns (antiphons) with musical notation signs and a drawing (the scheme of the partition of the eucharistic bread). The scribe was Goshu Wäldä Maryam (folio 93r).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
late 19th century
Extent:
102 TIFF images