Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 51

Metadata

DS ID:

DS26409

Shelfmark:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 51

Title:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 51: Psalter. Dawit

Psalter

Psalms

Psalms

Place:

Ethiopia

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

1800s

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment Codex.

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Parchment Codex.; 10.5 x 15.5 cm

Note:

Layout: 1 col., 22 lines.
Decoration: Three miniatures.
Written in black and red ink. It seems the leather cover of the text was added later. The leather case is too small for the text, it fits the width and depth, but not the length. Leather cover, four stitches, parts of spine enforced with leather and black yarn. Fols. 1r, 13r, 25r, 37r, 49r: Quires are marked with Ethiopic num...[text truncated]
An incomplete Psalter.
Illustration: Fol. 3v: Miniature of Saint Gabriel with the three holy children (painted over the text).
Illustrations: Fols. 11v, 23r, 31v: Decorative Härägs.
Illustration: Fol. 36v: Miniature of crowned King David raising hand and with winged angel (painted over the text).
Illustration: Fol. 59v: Talismanic drawing of grid with nine squares and fa

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Psalters

Ethiopia

Institutional Record:

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

Holding Institution:

Princeton University