Ms. 20 Lefāfa Sedeq; Manegada Samāy

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 20 Lefāfa Sedeq; Manegada Samāy

Alternative title

The Bandlet of Righteousness, The Way of Heaven
ልፋፈ ጽድቅ መንገደ ሰማይ

Uniform title

Magical Prayers

Date Created

20th c.

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Two illustrations in crude hand.
The text is in black ink; the divine names, the saints, and the name of the owner with the Trinitarian formula are in red ink.

Provenance

The owner is Le'ula Qal Yeheyes and his Christan name is Gabera Mareyam.

Table of contents

1 በስመ: አብ: ወወልድ: ወመንፈስ: ቅዱስ: ፩ አምላክ ጸሎት በእንተ ልፋፈ ጽድቅ ወመጽሐፈ ድኅነት ዘወሀባ አብ ለማርያም እንተ ጸሓፋ በእዴሁ ቅድሳት እምቅድመ ይትወለድ ክርስቶስ በሥጋ ; In the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit One God, prayer about Bandlet of Righteousness and book of salvation, (God the) Father wrote in his holy hand and gave it to Mary before Christ was born in the flesh…;2 በስመ አብ ወወልድ,,,አሜሃ ኤልያስ ዘይስብክ ለኲሉ ሕዝበ ክርስቲያን ወልደ እግዚአብሔር ይኰንን እስከ አጽናፈ ዓለም ; In the name of the Father and the Son… at that time, Elijah will preach for all christian people, the Son of God will reign through out the world…;3 በስመ አብ ወወልድ ... ጸሎት በእንተ ጻዕረ ሞት ግሩም ;In the name of the father and the Son… prayer about terrible agony of death ;4 በስመ አብ ወወልድ ... ፩ ስሙ ቆሆናኬ ፩ ስሙ ዝርያ ፩ ገብርኤል ; In the name of the Father and the Son…one of his name Qohonake, one of his name Zereya, one is Gabere'el

Physical Description

Extent

1 folded concertina

Dimensions

48 mm x 55 mm x 15 mm

Support

Vellum and paper board

Binding note

Faced with paper board and tied with string. On two strips of vellum.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text