Miscellanea : 1. Mälk’ә Maryam - “Effigy of Mary";2. "Effigy of Jesus"; 3."Effigy of the Savior of the World"; 4. Anaphora by Cyriacos of Behnesa (Qeddәse Maryam). Physical condition of originals: 99ff; 140x100 cm parchment; black & red ink. Decoration; elaborated punctuation signs; line fill...
Missal . Physical condition of originals: 38 ff; 10x10 cm parchment; black and red ink; wooden cover. Condition: most of the folios water stained; back cover broken but repaired.
3r-44v: Didactic work: Mäʿǝdan ([Spiritual] Instruction), in Amharic;45r-58v: Introduction to the Miracles of Mary (Tä’ammǝrä Maryam) and five miracles –last text not finished ;59v-68v: Anaphora of Mary by Kyriako’s of Behnesa – text not finished; 69r-76v: Marian prayer; 77r - 82v: Moses’ story a...
Prayer of St Susenyos. Physical condition of originals: 18.1x17.5 cm (three pieces sawn together: (670+640+500mm) parchment (artificially made look older); black, pink and green industrial ink. Decoration:bands filled with floral motives; 4 magic picture: 1. angel armed with sword; 2. magic figur...
ff. 1v-4v: Collection of religious poetry sälam; incomplete. ff. 5r- 64r: Commentary (andǝmta) to Faith of the Fathers (Haymanotä Abäw). Physical condition of originals: 64 ff; 17x12 cm parchment; black&red ink; lacunas in same rubrics; wooden cover. Decoration: ff. 5r, 15v: decorative bands ...
Contents: Extra f. verso: notes in Amharic;ff. 1r -111r: Arganonä Wǝddase (The Organ of Prise), text glorifying the Virgin Mary ascribed to Giyorgis of Sägla (14th/15th c);ff. 111v – 114v: Mäftǝḥä śǝray (collection of magic prayers), not complete; Physical condition of originals: 114 ff; 18x19 cm...
1r-3v: List of the Marian fests with dates of commemoration. Physical condition of originals: 6 ff; 19.5x15 cm. Parchment, black&red ink; quire composed of 6 loose folios
1. Invocation to St Susenyos, his short story and his prayer-conjuration (the text applied to protect the pregnant women and these with new-born child). 2. Invocation to the archangels Michael and Gabriel (for regular menstruation and protection against haemorrhages). 3. Magic cryptographic words...
Prayer to St. Susenyos; beginning of the Gospel of John; Intercession prayer to the archangel Fanuel and the Virgin Mary; Mysterious names of God; Physical condition of originals: 16.4x7 cm: three pieces sawn together (590+560+490mm; parchment; black&red ink; Drawings: figure holding a cross ...