Ms. 33 Tāmahesānku … Giyorgis

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 33 Tāmahesānku … Giyorgis

Alternative title

I Beseech George (Supplication to St. George)
Asmatā Giyorgis
ተማኅጸንኩ ጊዮርጊስ
Image of St. George

Uniform title

Prayer book

Date Created

20th c.

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Twenty-three illustrations of scenes from the saint's life. Most in black ink, some in pencil.
The manuscript is composed of four quires of ten leaves and one quire of six leaves.
Layout: two columns per page, with 13 lines of text per page.
Several notes in the upper margin of the pages serve as captions for the illustrations of the martyrdom of St. George, but some of the explanations and the images don't match. Probably the captions were written first and the illustrations done later.
Text is in black ink with the names of saints in red ink.

Table of contents

Four unnumbered blank pages ;P. 1 ነገረ ፊደላት ሳምን ከመዳንኤል ፈከረ ;ናሁ እፌክር ዘውዳሴከ ምሥጢረ ;ጊዮርጊስ ፍቅርከ ዓቅመ ረስየኒ ገብረ ;መኑ ይከልዓኒ ዜና ገድልከ ነጊረ ;እስመ አንቀልቀለ ነፋስት አድባረ… ;...P. 82 ወአንተሂ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ሰማዕተ ልዳ ወፋርስ በኃይለ እሙንቱ አስማት ዕሥየኒ ፍሥሐ ወአድኅኖተከ ወበመንፈስ አዚዝ አጽንዓኒ ለገብርከ ወምስለ ጸሐፊሁ አ(ኃ)ጥእ ኪዳነ ማርያም በኩሉ ጊዜ ወበኩሉ ሰዓት እስከ ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን። ;Six unnumbered blank pages.

Physical Description

Extent

92 pages

Dimensions

147 mm x 105 mm x 7 mm

Support

Vellum

Binding note

Without cover, but string binding.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text