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1. Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 42

DS ID:
DS26400
Title:
Divination texts, Cycle of Kings, Magical texts, Hasab (calculations?) Concerning the Sick Person, Prayer, Magical text, Anqäs, Numerological text, Hasabä Səns Concerning the Fetus, Psalms, Gospel reading, Astrological text, Computation, Scheme of Lake Tana, Scheme of Lake Kora, Scheme of Lake Ela, Scheme of Lake Zəway, Scheme of Lake Wənəg, Scheme of Lake Daha, Scheme of Lake Hayəq, Scheme of Lake Heno, Scheme of Lake Šämazəbe, Scheme of Lake Gəmb, Scheme of Lake Täkäze, Scheme of Lake Abawi, Hasab Concerning Taking a Wife, Calculation of the Copts, Concerning the Best Dates to Go to War, Calendar, Mästam (The Drowning), Hasab, Net of Solomon, Ge'ez linguistic text, Lists of Possibilities, and Hasab of the Circle of the Year
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
1788-1800

3. Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 66

DS ID:
DS26424
Title:
Magico-medical texts, Divination texts, Astrological texts, Magical texts, Medical texts, Medical text, Talismanic drawings, Prayers, [blank], Prayer, Astrological text, Computation, "Calculation of hours [of daylight] and of darkness" [Sefrä sä'at wäs'elalot], 16 charts of the Awdä Nägäst [The Cycle of the Kings], [blank except for a single line of text], Book of Precise Knowledge, Loose Bifolium 1, Loose Bifolium 2, Loose Bifolium 3, and Loose Bifolium 4
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
late 19th century