Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Summary note

Fols. 1 and 95 are pieces cut from an older (18th century) manuscript used as flyleaves.

Notes

• Parchment. 95 folios, 2 columns, 10-12 lines. Wooden boards with cloth slipcover, stitched with cloth covered spine
• Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Manuscripts.

Contents

• 1. Folio 2r-54r. Praise of Mary (Weddāsē Māryām) Marked for Each of the Days of the Week
• 2. Folio 54r-73r. Gate of Light (ʻAnqasʻa Berhān), the Second, Shorter office of the Virgin Mary
• 3. Folio 73v-78v. Salām Hymn to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
• 4. Folio 78v-92r. Extensive Hymn of Praise to the Virgin Mary
• 5. Folio 92r-94v. Prayer of Intercession Through the Virgin Mary (incomplete)

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OCLC

1340508634

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