Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 54

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DS ID:

DS26412

Shelfmark:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 54

Title:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 54: Synaxarium (Lives of the Saints) Sənksar

Synaxarium entry

Sənksar (Synaxarium for the Second Half of the Year)

Synaxarium entry

Entries for Mäggabit Entries for Miyazya Entries for Gənbot Entries for Säne Entries for Hamle Entries for Nähase Entries for Pagwume

Place:

Ethiopia

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

circa 1770-1830

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 29.5 x 34.5 cm

Note:

Layout: 3 cols., 38 lines.
Decoration: 39 miniatures in color.
155 leaves on vellum. Written in black ink, with rubrics and titles in red. No case. Contemporary blind-tooled leather over wooden boards. Some staining (mostly finger staining, here and there small waterstains). Original binding shaken, covering to joints and edges with large defective spots. Covered and stitched spine. Spine cover is...[text truncated]
Illustrations: 39 miniatures. Fol. 1v: Four miniatures, each of equestrian saints with ornate border. Upper left one holding a spear; upper right, one slaying a bull; lower left, one holding a spear; and lower right, one holding a spear. Further miniatures on fol.s 2r (4), 2v (4), 26v (2), 43v (1), 60r (4), 60v(4), 67r (4), 91v (3), 120r (4), 120v (4), and 155r (1).
This Syna...[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/f5f77d11-6a76-4525-b65d-082d2cff81c6/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University