Ms. 2 Arede’et , Sena Feterat, Mesṭira Hāyamnot, Amestu A’emāda Mesṭir

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 2 Arede’et , Sena Feterat, Mesṭira Hāyamnot, Amestu A’emāda Mesṭir

Alternative title

Beauty of the creation
Mesetira Haymanot
አርድዕት፤
The Book of Disciples
Book of Disciples
ሥነ ፍጥሟት
Mesehafa Arede'et
Sena Feterat
Mystery of the Faith (The Five Pillars of Mystery)
Beauty of the Creation
ምሥጢረ ሃይማኖት (አምስቱ አዕማደ ምሥጢር)

Uniform title

The Book of Disciples
Mystery of the Faith
Beauty of the Creation

Date Created

18th-19th c

Date

1700/1899

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Layout: one column of text, the first book 14 lines of text per page the second book with different hand has different lines per page.
Text in black ink. Beginning of each prayer and the names of Jesus, Christ, Mary, and also the name of the owner are in red ink
The second part of Beauty of the Creation is written by another scribe in poor handwriting.

Provenance

The owner (scribe?) was Gabra Heyewat. On pp. 89, 90, 97, 99, 100, 120, his name is erased and over it inserted the second owner's name Waleda Hawareyat. The scribe of Beauty of the Creation mentions Abuna Wold (pp. 180).

Table of contents

Pp. 1-120 Arede'et አርድዕት ;Pp. 1-9 of Monday ዘሰኑይ ;Pp. 9-19 of Tuesday ዘሠሉስ ;Pp. 19-38 of Wednesday ዘረቡዕ ;Pp. 38-45 of Sunday ዘእሁድ ;Pp. 45-51 of Thursday ዘሐሙስ ;Pp. 51-70 of Friday ዘአርብ ;Pp. 70-86 of Saturday ዘቀዳሚት ;Pp. 125-297 Beauty of the Creation ሥነ ፍጥረት ;Pp. 125-132 Introduction ;Pp. 132-150 Creation of Sunday ;Pp. 150-155 Creation of Monday ;Pp. 155-170 Creation of Tuesday ;Pp. 170-176 Creation of Wednesday ;Pp. 176-180 Creation of Thursday ;Pp. 180-191 Creation of Friday ;Pp. 191-297 Mystery of the Faith (Five Pillars of Mystery) ;Pp. 191-216 Mystery of the Trinity ;Pp. 216-237 Mystery of Incarnation ;Pp. 237-249 Mystery of Baptism ;Pp. 249-261 Mystery of Holy Communion ;Pp. 261-266 Mystery of Repentance ;Pp. 266-297 Mystery of Resurrection ;pp. 298-300 Blank.

Physical Description

Extent

300 pages

Dimensions

140 mm x 95 mm x 73 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden board

Binding note

Wooden board.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text