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Or 536

Record Id:

032-003391474

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003391474

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100052724361.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100132598839.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 536

Title:

Psalms, with Mazmura Dengel

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

f. 2r. Psalms, with Mazmura Dengel, beginning, ውዳሴ ዕበይኪ ማርያም እንተ ጸሐፈ በዓቅሙ. መዝሙረ ድንግል. The margin are in Amharic, and a few notes in the same language.

f. 171r. The Canticles or Biblical Hymns, partly with musical notes, and accompanied with the Mazmura Dengel and Amharic glosses:

1st Song of Moses, f. 171r.

2nd Song of Moses, f. 172r.

3rd Song of Moses, f. 174r.

Prayer of Hannah, f. 176v.

Hezekiah, f. 177v.

Manasseh, f. 178v.

Jonah, f. 180r.

Song of Azariah, f. 180v.

Prayer and Song of the three Holy Children, f. 182r.

Prayer of Habakkuk, f. 181r.

Isaiah, f. 186r.

Song of the blessed Virgin Mary, f. 187r.

Prayer of Zacharias, f. 187v;

St. Simeon the Aged, f. 188v.

f. 189r.The Song of Songs, with the Mazmura Dengel and Amharic notes,

f. 209r. The Encomium of the blessed Virgin Mary, divided into lessons for the days of the week:

Monday, f. 200r.

Tuesday, f. 202r.

Wednesday, f. 205r.

Thursday, f.207r.

Friday, f.210v.

Saturday, f.212v.

Sunday. f.214v.

f. 217r. The Encomium of the blessed Virgin Mary.

Decoration: f. 1r. Unfinished pictures of St. Michael.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003391474

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003391474

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100132598839.0x000001

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex 225 folios. 381 x 304 mm. In the original boards, lined with silk and covered with stamped leather.

Custodial History:

Usage Statement: The Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see: Wright, William, Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847 (London: The British Museum, 1877), pp. 74-75

Publications:

Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section). (1974). Mazmura Dengel. ʼAdis ʼAbabā: Tensāʼé Zagubāʼé M/Bét.Zanetti, U. (January 01, 1990). Les manuscrits éthiopiens de la Bibliothèque des Bollandistes. Analecta Bollandiana, 108, 5-28.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)