Ms. 59 Maṣehafa Ziq, Malek’ā Śellāsé
Item Overview
- Title
- Ms. 59 Maṣehafa Ziq, Malek’ā Śellāsé
- Alternative title
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Book of Ziq
መልክአ ሥላሴ
መጽሐፈ ዚቅ
Image of the Trinity - Uniform title
- Church Hymns
- Date Created
- 20th c.
- Date
- 1900/1999
- Place of Origin
- Ethiopia
- Language
- Ethiopic
- Collection
- Ethiopic Manuscripts
Notes
- Description
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Layout: One column of text, fifteen or sixteen lines of text per page.
Text is in black ink, with the names of people and the divine in red ink. With musical notation.
The manuscript is composed of two quires of eight pages, eight quires of ten pages.
No illustrations. - Provenance
- The owner's name is erased on p. 175, but elsewhere retained as Takela Haymanot Waleda Mareyam (p. 158).
- Table of contents
- Pp. 1-142 Book of Ziq መጽሐፈ ዚቅ ;Pp. 142-159 Image of Trinity መልክአ ሥላሴ ;Pp. 159-160 Rule of measuring the sun shadow for time ሥፍረ ፀሐይ ;Pp. 160-161 Magical prayer against the evil eye ;Pp. 161-165 Instruction for the making of medicine for evil eye, syphilis, etc. ;Pp. 166-174 Portion of the Book of Ziq ;P. 175 Erased scribal notes ;P. 176 Pen trial.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 176 pages
- Dimensions
- 130 mm x 100 mm x 36 mm
- Support
- Vellum and wooden boards
- Binding note
- Wooden boards, in loose sewn cloth cover, in leather case with strap.
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- Ms. 59
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz001hmcq5
- 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)825-4963