Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Synaxarium (Lives of the Saints / Sənksar)
Call Number
C0776 (Princeton Ethiopic Manuscripts, no. 44q)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/c247dw89m
Publisher
[Ethiopia], [between 1800 and 1830]
Language
Geez
Date Created
1800-1830
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item ; 24 x 32 cm
Provenance
Owner: Wäldä Micha'el.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Bruce Willsie.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. Folio 3r-227v. Sənksar (Synaxarium for the Second Half of the Year)
1.1. Folio 3r-38v. Entries for Mäggabit
1.2. Folio 39r-65v. Entries for Miyazya
1.3. Folio 66r-104r. Entries for Gənbot
1.4. Folio 104r-140v. Entries for Säne
1.5. Folio 141r-186v. Entries for Hamle
1.6. Folio 186v-221r. Entries for Nähase
1.7. Folio 221v-227v. Entries for Pagwame
Notes
3 cols., 33 lines. Parchment Codex. Written in black and red ink. No case. Wooden boards bound in stamped red leather, covered spine. Fols. 2rv, 228rv: Blank. Fols. 65rv: Quarter folio
Non-ALA-LC romanization used in record.
Fol. 1r: Arabic numbers "2146," "183"; illegible Amharic words in pencil.
Fol. 1v: Note of ownership in later hand in colored pencil "This synaxarium belongs to Däbrä Qədusan." Followed by two lines in Amharic in the same hand: "any person who reads this or listens may become a righteous person. The scribe is Aläqqa Esäy."
At the end of every daily entry, the name Wäldä Micha'el appears in the original text.
Owner: Wäldä Micha'el.
No scribe listed in original manuscript.
No miniatures.

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
460

Institutional Information

Collection
Ethiopic Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5fa7bfbb-9935-4c89-b2ea-be4170e85769/manifest