Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 35

Metadata

DS ID:

DS26393

Shelfmark:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 35

Title:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 35: Seal of Däjazmač Gäbrä Selassə

Seal

Place:

Ethiopia

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

circa 1870-1930

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

twentieth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Material:

Paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 item; Paper; 25 x 29 cm

Note:

Illustration: In gold on green background, a seal with a cross inside of a star of David inside a circle with Ge'ez words.
Part of the seal states in Ge'ez "Däjazmač Gäbrä Səlasse of T. M. A." TMA is an abbreviation meaning he was the governor of Tigre, Marb, and Adua Provinces. For information about this governor (d. 1931), see his entry in Aethiopica Encyclopedia, vol. 2, p

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Psalters

Ethiopia

Institutional Record:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs74n

Holding Institution:

Princeton University