Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 21
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- DS ID:
- DS26381
- Shelfmark:
- Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 21
- Title:
- Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 21: Homily [in Honor] of [the Archangel] Michael (Dərəsanä Mika'el)
Hədar Homily by Dämatewos, Bishop of Alexandria
Miracle
Synaxary Entry: Mission to Joshua, Son of Nun
Greeting to the Archangel, Sälam Tahəśaś Homily, Author Not Given
Synaxary Entry: Mission of the Archangel to Rescue the Three Holy Children
Tərr Homily on the Glory of St Michael the Archangel, Author Not Given
Synaxary Entry: Mission of the Archangel to Jacob
Yäkkatit Synaxary Entry: Mission of the Archangel to Samson the Giant
Mäggabit Homily by Abba Yohannəs, Bishop of Antioch
Synaxary Entry: Mission of the Archangel to Balaam
Miyazya Homily of Yohannəs the Orthodox
Synaxary entries: Mission of the Archangel to the Prophet Jeremiah
Gənbot Homily by Yohannəs, Bishop of Ethiopia, Who Came After Bishop Yəśhaq, on the Conflict Between the Consort of King Arqadewos and John Chrysostom
Synaxary entry: Mission of the Archangel to Habakkuk
Säne Homily on the Family of Astäraniqos and Euphemia, by Yohannəs, Bishop of Aksum
Synaxary entry: the Building of the Church of the Archangel in Place of a Pagan Temple in Alexandria
Hamle Homily on the Wicked Wealthy Man Whose Property Was Inherited by the Son of His Poor Neighbor [by Bishop Yohannəs]
Synaxary entry: Mission to the Camp of Sennacherib
Nähase Homily on the Book of the Angels that Came from Jerusalem, Author Not Given
Synaxary entry: Mission of the Archangel to the Emperor Constantine
Mäskäräm Homily on Not Worshipping Other Gods, Author Not Given
Synaxary entry: Mission to Prophet Isaiah
Təqəmt Homily on the Need to Make the Angels Sureties by Honoring Them, Author Not Given
Synaxary entry: Mission to Prophet Samuel
Prayer for the Current King of Ethiopia, Given as Menilek (r. 1889–1913)
Image of Saint Michael
- Place:
- Ethiopia
- Date:
- 1889-1913
- Language:
- gez
Geez
- Material:
- Paper Codex.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: Paper Codex.; 13.5 x 21 cm
- Note:
- Layout: 2 cols., 20 lines.
Written in black and red ink. No case. Plain wooden boards, broken upper board, stitched and leather covered spine. Fols. 89v, 90r, 139r-140v, 142rv: Blank (deliberately left blank in middle of manuscript for paintings). Fols. 1vr and 141rv were originally the leather cover. Red and black yarns through upper folios mark the monthly readings.
Illustrations: Fols. 2r, 12r, 21r: Häräg.
Note in Amharic on the lower wooden board: "This wooden board will stay until it is changed."
Fols. 2r, 9rv, 10r, 11r, 12r, passim: Owner's name Wäldä Mika'el and scribe's name Gäbrä Kiros appear at the beginning of each homily.
The second owner has partially erased the original owner's name from the manuscript every time it appear...[text truncated] - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs74n
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a2983de1-9f26-4f35-a6c4-b52d15a740b7/manifest
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