Ms. 60 Ṣoma Degwā

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 60 Ṣoma Degwā

Alternative title

ጾመ ድጓ
ድጓ
Hymns for Lent

Uniform title

Deguwa

Date Created

19th c.

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

The text is in black ink. The name of each section of the song is in red ink.
The manuscript is composed of two quires of four leaves, one quire of eight leaves, two quires of twelve leaves and eight quires of ten leaves each.
Layout: Two columns per page, twenty lines of text per page.
Hymns for the Lenten season. St. Yared the Musician, the author of these hymns, divided the Lenten season into eight weeks. Almost all of the hymns are about the teaching and miracles of Jesus. The hymns discuss the teaching of Jesus in the Synagogue, his cleaning of the temple, his miracle of healing paralysis, his parable of the faithful servant, the discussion with Nicodimus, his teaching about his second coming, his glorious entrance into Jerusalem, his last days at Jerusalem, and his crucifixion.

Table of contents

Pp. 1-2 exrept from Passion week hymn ;Pp. 3-4 Notes of ownership (unidentified) and blank Page ;Pp. 5-43 Zawarada ዘወረደ (lit. the one who descends) for first week of the Lent ;Pp. 43-65 qedeset ቅድስት (lit. holy) for second week of the Lent ;Pp. 65-88 Mekurab ምኩራብ (lit. Synagogue) for third week of the Lent ;Pp. 88-111 Masagu'e መፃጉዕ (lit. the Paralysis) for forth week of the Lent ;Pp. 111-145 Dabera Zayet ደብረ ዘይት (lit. Mount Olive) for fifth week of the Lent ;Pp. 145-169 Gaber her ገብር ኄር (lit. good servant) for sixth week of the Lent ;Pp. 169-196 Niqodimos ኒቆዲሞስ (Nicodemus)for seventh week of the Lent ;Pp. 196-208 Hosa'ena ሆሣዕና (Hosanna) for Palm Sunday ;Pp. 208-218 Samuna Hemamat ሰሙነ ሕማማት for Passion Week ;Pp. 218-221 Senbata Ayehud ሰንበተ አይሁድ for the Sabbath of the Jews ;Pp. 222-223 Anqase haleta አንቀጽ ሃሌታ(Musical Notes for the Halleluiah of Hymns) ;Pp. 224 addendum ;Pp. 225-228 Anqase haleta አንቀጽ ሃሌታ(Musical Notes for the Halleluiah of Hymns) ;Pp. 229-230 unidentifed notes and blank pages ;Pp. 231-232 excerpt from passion week hymns.

Physical Description

Extent

232 Pages

Dimensions

180 mm x 137 mm x 47 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Wooden boards with leather case.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text