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Manuscripts, Ethiopic

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2068
Scope and Contents This is a small yet significant collection of manuscripts in the Ethiopic (Ge’ez) script, comprising 12 items. These include devotional texts: Psalters, the New Testament, the Gospels, collections of prayers and stories of the Christian saints, all of which are parchment codices. It also includes three small protective scrolls, containing sections of devotional writings and illuminations.Many of these manuscripts are illuminated, the codices largely preserve their wooden board...
Dates: 18th-19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ethiopic New Testament, Vol. II. The Book of Acts and the Epistles, undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 651
Scope and Contents A copy of the New Testament, including Acts and Epistles, on vellum. It includes one miniature painting which is inserted loose between a paper flyleaf and fol. 1. It measures 17 by 16.5 cm, smaller in size than the main manuscript. The leaf contains a depiction of King David and could date from the 16th century.3ra–145vb: New Testament Epistles 147ra–193rb: ActsDetailed description: fols 3ra–23ra: Romans; 23ra–43va: 1 Corinthians (23ra–23va: Introduction,...
Dates: undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection

Ethiopic Psalter, undated (c. 18th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 477
Scope and Contents

This is a Psalter, possibly dating to the 18th century.

Dates: undated (c. 18th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection

Ethiopic Scroll, undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 649
Scope and Contents

This is a protective scroll. It is paper, 186 by 9 cm, and constituted of 4 joined sections. It is written in the Ge'ez script, with red ink decorations at the head of each section.

Dates: undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection
Unpaginated
Unpaginated

Ethiopic Scroll, undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 673
Scope and Contents

This is a protective scroll. It begins with an illumination in yellow, blue, brown and black, featuring three figures and a type of ornate cross. There are five sections of text down the length of the scroll, each separated by an illumination. There are six illuminations in total. They feature human images, crosses and patterns. Specialist research is needed.

Dates: undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection
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Gadala Georgios (The Life of St George); Taʾāmmǝra Giyorgis (The Miracles of St George). Vol. 1 of 2, undated (c. 18th C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 461
Scope and Contents This is a copy of Gadla Giyorgis (The Life of St George), CAe 1455, and Taʾāmmǝra Giyorgis (The Miracles of St George), CAe 4006, according to Theodotus of Ancyra, and in two volumes (E.Or Ms 461 and 462).The contents of the current volume are:7ra–91rb: Gadla Giyorgis (The Life of St George)Supplications for Tawalda Madḫǝn (fols 18ra, 58ra, 60ra, 91rab, 158vb,...
Dates: undated (c. 18th C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection
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Gadala Georgios (The Life of St George); Taʾāmmǝra Giyorgis (The Miracles of St George) Vol. 2 of 2, undated (c. 18th C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 462
Scope and Contents This is a copy of Gadla Giyorgis (The Life of St George), CAe 1455, and Taʾāmmǝra Giyorgis (The Miracles of St George), CAe 4006, according to Theodotus of Ancyra, and in two volumes (E.Or Ms 461 and 462).The contents of the current manuscript are:5ra–72ra: Gadla Giyorgis (The Life of St George, CAe 1455).73ra–121vb: Taʾāmmǝra...
Dates: undated (c. 18th C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection
Unaginated
Unaginated

Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (Missal), undated (c. 19th–20th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 656
Scope and Contents

This is an Ethiopic Missal, a liturgical book that contains the instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year. It contains numerous anaphoras.

Dates: undated (c. 19th–20th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection
Unpaginated
Unpaginated

Prayers (Ṣalota ʿǝṭān, and other.), undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 655
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of prayers, including prayers for King Tewodros (fols 14ra, 14vb, 17rb, etc.), presumably Tewodros II who reigned 1855–1868.


A former owner, Ḫayla Māryām, is named within the text (fols 21ra, etc.).

Dates: undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection

Psalter, undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)

 Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 644
Scope and Contents Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701), including, as usual in post-15th (?)-century times, (1) the Book of Psalms, (2) the Canticles of the Prophets, (3) the Song of Songs, (4) the Wǝddāse Māryām (‘Praise of Mary’, a Marian prayer divided into seven parts, one for each day of the week), (5) the ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (‘Gate of Light’, another Marian prayer).In column b. on the second-to-last folio, there is an ownership note, in which the name of the owner has been erased. On the third-to-last...
Dates: undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Ethiopic Manuscripts Collection