Ms. 35 Arganon
Item Overview
- Title
- Ms. 35 Arganon
- Alternative title
-
Arganon (Praise) of Mary
አርጋኖን - Uniform title
- Hymns for St. Mary
- Date Created
- 16th-17th c.
- Date
- 1500/1699
- Place of Origin
- Ethiopia
- Language
- Ethiopic
- Collection
- Ethiopic Manuscripts
Notes
- Description
-
Small illustration on P. 257.
Texts in black ink, the beginning of each prayer and St. Mary's name is in red ink.
Layout: Two columns per page, 18 lines of text per page.
The manuscript is composed of quires of eight and ten leaves each. - Table of contents
- P. 1 Canon on fasting ;Pp. 2-3 Geneology of Ethiopian Monastic leaders ;P. 4 List of saints day ;Pp. 5 Arganon (Hymns of St. Mary)አርጋኖን ;Pp. 5-51 of Monday ዘሰኑይ ;Pp. 51-88 of Tuesday ዘሠሉስ ; Pp. 89-126 of Wednesday ዘረቡዕ ;Pp. 127-167 of Thursday ዘሐሙስ ;Pp. 167-203 of Friday ዘአርብ ;Pp. 204-220 of Saturday ዘቀዳሚት ;Pp. 221-256 of Sunday ዘእሑድ .
Physical Description
- Extent
- 256 Pages
- Dimensions
- 222 mm x 190 mm x 80 mm
- Support
- Vellum and wooden board
- Binding note
- Wooden board.
- Condition note
- Front wooden board broken.
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- Ms. 35
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0009q5nq
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Rights contact
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4976