Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 1
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- DS ID:
- DS26361
- Shelfmark:
- Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 1
- Title:
- Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 1: Psalter. Dawit
Psalms
Canticles of the Prophets of the Old and New Testaments
Song of Songs
Excerpts of Praise of Mary, Wəddase Maryam
- Place:
- Ethiopia
- Date:
- 1800s
- Language:
- gez
Geez
- Material:
- Parchment Codex.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: Parchment Codex.; 19 x 18 cm
- Note:
- Layout: 1 col. [3r-135r], 21 lines; 2 col. [1r-2v, 135v], 21 lines.
Wooden boards; the upper stamped leather board is original to the manuscript, the lower wooden board (without leather) is broken and sewn; stitched and open spine. Loose binding and some folios damaged, probably by water. Written in black and red ink. Leather case with detached strap.
An incomplete Psalter. The usual books Gate of Light and Praise of Mary are missing, except for the first page from Praise of Mary, of the Monday section (135v), and a few pages from the Thursday section (1r-2v).
Fols. 2v, 3r, 4r, 69v, 70r, passim: Upper and lower margin scrawls in crude hand on many folios.
Fols. 70r-74r: Psalm 86, 87, 88, 89 numbered as 76, 77, 78, 79. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs74n
- Holding Institution:
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