Item Summary

Loose slip of paper with a prayer between fols. 84 and 85.,Paper inserts between fols. 85 and 86: homily for the festival of the Archangel Gabriel on Tāhsās 22, sheets 1r-4r. Miracles of St. George and Mary, sheets 4v-8v.,Inserted between fols. 87 and 88: European printed colored image of the Virgin and the child Jesus.

Descriptive Information

Title
Homilies and Miracles of the Archangel Gabriel, and Various Marian Texts
Call Number
C0744.03 (Garrett Ethiopic Manuscripts no. 43)
Identifier
https://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/q811kp61b
Publisher
[Ethiopia], [between 1870 and 1930]
Language
Geez
Date Created
1870-1930
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item ; 11.5 x 16 cm
Provenance
Former owner: Gabra Yohannes. Scribe: Gabra ʻIyasus.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. Letter in Amharic of Bālāmbārās Tasfā Māryām to Mamher Takla Haymānot With the senderʻs seal. On paper.
2. Folio 4r-28r. Homilies of the Archangel Gabriel for Tāhsās 22 and 19
3. Folio 28r-76v. Nineteen Miracles of the Archangel Gabriel
4. Folio 77r-84r. A Salām or Hymn of Salutation to the Archangel Gabriel
5. Folio 88r-113. Two Homilies and a Salām to the Virgin Mary
6. Folio 114r-122r. Synaxarium Entry for Yakkātit 16 Celebrating the Virgin Mary Kidāna Mehrat (Covenant of Mercy)
Notes
Parchment. 123 folios, 2 columns, 15 lines. 1 sheet of paper inserted at the front of the mss, and 8 paper folios sewn into the manuscript between fols. 85-86. Wooden boards covered with leather, leather spine and colored brocade over-sleeve. Fols. 1r-3v, 84v, 85r-87v, 122v-123v are blank
Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Manuscripts.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
270

Institutional Information

Collection
Ethiopic Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/52d1dc23-e66b-4b77-8ec9-604d85ba2a95/manifest