Ms. 48 Salāmtā, Nagara Haymanot, Malek’ā Gabre’él, Mahlet Ṣegé, Sāqoqāwa Denegel

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 48 Salāmtā, Nagara Haymanot, Malek’ā Gabre’él, Mahlet Ṣegé, Sāqoqāwa Denegel

Alternative title

መልክአ ገብርኤል
ነገረ ሃይማኖት
Greetings
ማኅሌተ ጽጌ
ሰላምታ
Image of St. Gabriel
Lamentation of the Virgin
Canticle of the Flower
Greetings of St. Michael
ሰቆቃወ ድንግል
ስብሐተ ፍቁር ዘቅዱስ ሚካኤል
part of The Beauty of Creation

Uniform title

Māleke

Date Created

19th c.

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Amharic
Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Color illustrations of saints.
Layout: Two columns per page, twenty three lines of text per page.
Text is in black ink and the beginning of the book and each prayer is in red ink.
Text written in Ge'ez except Pp. 8-11 written in Amharic.
The manuscript is composed of six quires of eight leaves each and one quire of four leaves.

Table of contents

Pp. 2 Ink Drawing in color of St. Michael ;Pp. 3 Ink Drawing in color of St. Gabriel ;Pp. 4 Ink Drawing in color of the Holy Trinity (geometric) ;Pp. 5-7 Greeting ሰላምታ ;Pp. 8-11 Part of The Beauty of Creation (in Amharic) ሥነ ፍጥረት ;Pp. 12-19 Image of St. Gabrielመልክአ ገብርኤል ; Pp. 21-70 Canticle of the Flower ማኅሌተ ጽጌ ;Pp. 73-92 Lamentation of the Virgin ሰቆቃወ ድንግል ;Pp. 93-96 Greetings of St. Michael ስብሐተ ፍቁር ዘቅዱስ ሚካኤል ;Pp. 97-99 blank ;Pp. 100 Ink drawing in color of St. Mary with her beloved son ;Pp. 101 Ink drawing in color of Mary in the church.

Physical Description

Extent

102 Pages

Dimensions

158 mm x 92 mm x 25 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Wooden boards with no leather cover, string binding.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text
still image