E.Or Ms 650: ʾArganona wǝddāse (A prayer to Mary), undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)
Scope and Contents
9r–153rb: ʾArganona wǝddāse, a prayer to Mary (CAe 1146) secondarily divided into parts for the days of the week: fol. 9r: Monday, fol. 32v: Tuesday, 57rb: Wednesday, 81r: Thursday, (in text), fol. 106ra: Friday, fol. 128v, Saturday (in text), fol. 140va, Sunday).
Supplications for Kidāna Wald (fols 1r, 17ra (bis), 45vb (rewritten), 47rb (rewritten), 72vb (rewritten), 77rb (rewritten), 116vb (rewritten), 153ra (rewritten), etc.).
Dates
- Creation: undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)
Language of Materials
Ge'ez (script: Ge'ez)
Physical Description
156 folios (21 by 20 cm). The binding is blind-stamped leather over wooden boards with decoration centring around a cross. The spine is cracked, it is in a rough leather carrying satchel. A small label on the carrying satchel reads "1173". This may have been a reference number (or partial reference number) from another collection.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume ( in a rough leather carrying satchel)
Other Finding Aids
Clavis Aethiopica (Hamburg-based project Beta maṣāḥǝft) [external link. Accessed 30 May 2023].
Custodial History
Formerly in New College Library and transferred in August 1991.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from New College Library in August 1991.
Physical Description
156 folios (21 by 20 cm). The binding is blind-stamped leather over wooden boards with decoration centring around a cross. The spine is cracked, it is in a rough leather carrying satchel. A small label on the carrying satchel reads "1173". This may have been a reference number (or partial reference number) from another collection.
Repository Details
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