Manuscript
Manuscript Case
43-28-7
From: Ethiopia
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 43-28-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Ethiopia |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Vellum | Wood | Leather |
| Description | Vellum manuscript. 62 folios bound between two wooden boards. Stitched. Open back. Preserved in a mahdar leather case. Double (fols. 3r-42v) and single (fols. 1v-2v; 43r-61v) columns. Two main hands. Black ink with rubrics; Weddaseha Larnaryam (E. Isaac, 1981: Weddase maryam): Encomium of Mary for the seven days of the week; Salam Salam Lazekra Semeki: Hail Hail to the mention of thy name [O Mary] (E. Isaac: Anqasa Berhan: the Porch of Light): a series of short descriptions of the various physical and spiritual aspects of the Virgin Mary; E. Isaac: Kidan Zanageh: (The Morning Office): from the liturgy of the Ethiopian Church; E. Isaac: a malke' image song to the Virgin Mary; Malka yasus (E. Isaac: a malke' image song to Jesus Christ): Beauty of Jesus, a description of the spiritual and physical beauty of Christ; Malka Gabriel and Malka Michael: Description of the spiritual and physical beauty of Gabriel and Michael; Amharic; Number of Pages: 155 folios. |
| Height | 12.1 cm |
| Width | 9.2 cm |
| Thickness | 3.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry Hill Collins III, 1943 |
| Other Number | L-36-7 - Old Loan Number |
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