Ms. 21 Māzemurā Dāwit, Asmat
Item Overview
- Title
- Ms. 21 Māzemurā Dāwit, Asmat
- Alternative title
-
መዝሙረ ዳዊት
Psalms (for magical purposes) - Uniform title
- Magical Prayers
- Date Created
- 20th c.
- Date
- 1900/1999
- Place of Origin
- Ethiopia
- Language
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Amharic
Ethiopic - Collection
- Ethiopic Manuscripts
Notes
- Description
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No illustrations.
The text is in black ink, but like other magical books, the beginning of each prayer and some magical names ('asmat') and magical tables are in red ink.
Three chapters from Psalms with magical prayer instruction. - Table of contents
- Some lines from the text:በስመ አብ ወወልድ ጸሎቱ ለዳዊት ጊዜ መከራሁ ወይቤ እግዚኦ ኢትጸመኒ ስእለትየ ወበስመ አፈ አማፂ ;ጸሎት በእንተ እኩያት ወአዓቃቤ ርእስ...አራት ጊዜ ድገም በምራቅህ ፊትህን አባብሰህ ሑር ኀበ ዘአሰበ ልብከ ከመ የዓቅብከ እምኩሉ እኩይ ዓዲ በግራ ጐንህ ተኝተህ ፸ ጊዜ ድግም እተብ ገጽከ ሑር ሠናይ ውእቱ። ;ኪያከ ተወከልኩ ወኢይትሐፈር ለዓለም ወጽድቅከ አንገፈኒ ;አምላክነሰ ኃይልነ ወጸወንነ። ;ተዓውቀ እግዚአብሔር በይሁዳ ወአብየ ስሙ ለእስራኤል። ;ዘልፈ ይጸብኡኒ እምንእስየ ይብል ፳ኤል ዘልፈ ይጸብዑኒ ;አድኅነኒ እግዚኦ እምብእሲ እኩይ ወእምሰብእ ዓማፂ ባልሐኒ ...ለፍቅር ለሀብት ላሰብከው ሁሉ የሚደገም ማኅቶተ ቤተ መንግሥት ወክህነት
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 folded concertina
- Dimensions
- 60 mm x 65 mm x 5 mm
- Support
- Vellum
- Binding note
- No binding, composed of two strips of vellum.
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- Ms. 21
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz001hbmcs
- 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)825-4984