Organ of Praise of the Virgin Mary (Argānona Weddāsē)

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Geez
Published/​Created
[Ethiopia], [between 1630 and 1670]
Description
1 item ; 18 x 20 cm

Copies in the Library

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Collection Garrett Ethiopic Manuscripts no. 15 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Endnotes: [19th cent. hand] prayer against typhus, malaria, etc., fol. 1r.
    Notes
    • Parchment.41 folios, 2 columns [fols. 31-141], 15-16 lines. Single wooden board (front), stitched and open spine.
    • Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Manuscripts.
    Contents
    • 1. Folio 1v-2r. A Prayer against Wild Animals
    • 2. Folio 2v-4v. Theological Exegesis on the Mystery of the Eucharist 17th-century hand.
    • 3. Folio 5r-6v. A Prayer to the Virgin Mary Different 17th cent. hand.
    • 4. Folio 6r. Part of a Hymn to the Virgin Mary
    • 5. Folio 7r-141v. Argānona Weddāsē Incomplete, divided into sections for Monday through Sunday. Leaves missing between fols. 131 and 132, also 134 and 135. Texts finishes in abrupto fol. 141v.
    OCLC
    1340510804
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