Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 45

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DS ID:

DS26403

Shelfmark:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 45

Title:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 45: Synaxarium (Lives of the Saints). Sənksar

Synaxarium entry

Sənksar (Synaxarium for the First Half of the Year)

Synaxarium entry

Entries for Mäskäräm Entries for Təqəmt Entries for Hədar Entries for Tahəśaś Entries for Tərr Entries for Yäkkatit

Place:

Ethiopia

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

circa 1730-1899

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment Codex.

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Parchment Codex.; 33 x 38.5 cm

Note:

Layout: 3 cols., varies due to repairs, but mostly 34 lines.
Written in black and red ink. No case. Wooden boards missing, parchment cover, stitched and open spine. fols. 1r, 35v, 103v, 192v: Blank. Some folios were quarter or half folios. The top right quarter of almost all folios (1v-192v) appears to have been damaged, seemingly by fire. It was repaired by cutting aw...[text truncated]
Fol. 225v: Ge'ez alphabet with Ethiopic numbers.
Fol. 226r: Ge'ez alphabet in pencil.
Fol. 226v: Pen trial.
At the end of every daily entry appear the names of the manuscript owners / benefactors Wäldä Häwarəyat and Fasilädäs.
Fol. 1v: In another hand, that of the sewn-in-portions of the folios, is a scribal note: "Praise to God, the Lord of Michael [the Archangel], who en...[text truncated]

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Psalters

Ethiopia

Institutional Record:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs74n

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4a23e7f1-e39c-4c7c-8892-9138e04c43ff/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University