Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 22
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- DS ID:
- DS26382
- Shelfmark:
- Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 22
- Title:
- Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 22: Psalter. Dawit
Psalms
Canticles of the Prophets of the Old and New Testaments
Song of Songs
Praise of Mary (Wəddase Maryam)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Gate of Light
- Place:
- Ethiopia
- Date:
- early 20th century
- Language:
- gez
Geez
- Material:
- Parchment Codex.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: Parchment Codex.; 12.5 x 18.5 cm
- Note:
- Layout: 1 col. [fols. 5r-133v], 25 lines; 2 col. [fols. 34-147], 25 lines.
Written in black and red ink. No case. Wooden boards, stamped red leather, covered spine. Unusually square and thick manuscript for a Psalter. Red yarns through upper folios and words mark the daily readings: Monday (fol. 1r), Tuesday (fol. 39r), Wednesday (fol. 77r), Thursday (fol. 109r), Frida...[text truncated]
The scribe used "räqiq" (small) script, which is common in manuscripts with musical notation, although this one does not have musical notation.
Some parts of the Psalter superscription are amended in a different hand. The text is also corrected in a later hand.
Owner: Wäldä Qirqos.
No scribe listed.
No miniatures.
No musical notation. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs74n
- Holding Institution:
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