Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Synaxarium (Lives of the Saints / Sənksar)
Call Number
BoxQ C0776 (Princeton Ethiopic Manuscripts, no. 45)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ww72bg34p
Publisher
[Ethiopia], [between 1730 and 1899]
Language
Geez
Date Created
1730-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item ; 33 x 38.5 cm
Source Acquisition
Gift; Bruce Willsie.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. Folio 2r-225vv. Sənksar (Synaxarium for the First Half of the Year)
1.1. Folio 2r-35r. Entries for Mäskäräm
1.2. Folio 36r-66r. Entries for Təqəmt
1.3. Folio 67r-103r. Entries for Hədar
1.4. Folio 104r-145v. Entries for Tahəśaś
1.5. Folio 146r-192r. Entries for Tərr
1.6. Folio 193r-225v. Entries for Yäkkatit
Notes
3 cols., varies due to repairs, but mostly 34 lines. Parchment Codex. Written in black and red ink. No case. Wooden boards missing, parchment cover, stitched and open spine. fols. 1r, 35v, 103v, 192v: Blank. Some folios were quarter or half folios. The top right quarter of almost all folios (1v-192v) appears to have been damaged, seemingly by fire. It was repaired by cutting away those sections from each folio and sewing new pieces in. The new portions are in another hand. Sometimes the scribes had to squeeze text to make it fit. The repairs were probably done in the late 1800s.
Non-ALA-LC romanization used in record.
Fol. 225v: Ge'ez alphabet with Ethiopic numbers.
Fol. 226r: Ge'ez alphabet in pencil.
Fol. 226v: Pen trial.
At the end of every daily entry appear the names of the manuscript owners / benefactors Wäldä Häwarəyat and Fasilädäs.
Fol. 1v: In another hand, that of the sewn-in-portions of the folios, is a scribal note: "Praise to God, the Lord of Michael [the Archangel], who enabled us to finish this book without weariness or exhaustion, without sickness or distress, with joy and peace. The scribe of this book is Gəra Geta [church title] Hayəlu Hayəlä Micha'el with his son Gəra Geta Därsäh Gäbrä Həywät. Do not forget us in your prayers."
No miniatures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton
Christian saints—Biography
Christian saints—Legends

Physical Characteristics

File Count
452

Institutional Information

Collection
Ethiopic Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4a23e7f1-e39c-4c7c-8892-9138e04c43ff/manifest