Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 60

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS26418

Shelfmark:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 60

Title:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 60: Collection of Astrological and Divinatory Treatises

Astrological texts

Divination texts

Explanation of the Stars (Fekkārē Kawākebt)

Astronomical text

Divinatory Interpretations of Signs and Prescriptions [different hand]

Divination texts

[Different hand] Prayers for Undoing Spells and against Various Ailments, With Talismanic Drawings [different hand]

Prayers

Further Divinations and Prescriptions

Divination texts

Magic Words and Phrases and Signs

Magical texts

Series of Prayers against Budā, Qu[ra]ññā, Bāryā, etc. and Various Ailments

Prayers

Further Divinations and Prescriptions [different hand]

Divination texts

Prayer Titled "The Chariot of Elijah" (Saragallā 'Ēlyās) [different hand]

Prayer

Beginning of a Text Titled "The Epistles of Shem, Abraham and Isaac" [different Hand, and outlined]

Epistles of Shem, Abraham, and Isaac

Magical Prescriptions and Procedures [different Hand, in Amharic]

Magical texts

Place:

Ethiopia

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

circa 1850-1899

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

gez;Amharic

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Amharic WIKIDATA

amh

Amharic WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment.

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Parchment.; 14.5 x 20 cm

Note:

Layout: 1 column [fols. 1-8, 12-13, 17v-22], 2 columns [fols. 9-11, 14, 23-29], 20-22 lines.
Composite manuscript, various hands. Wooden boards covered in stamped leather. Fol. 22v: Blank.
The eight paintings were all added later.
Illustration: Fol. 15r: Painting 1: Figure representing the zodiacal sign Virgo (Sanbulā).
Illustration: Fol. 15v: Painting 2: Figure representing the zodiacal sign Cancer (Sart'ān).
Illustration: Fol. 16r: Painting 3: Figure representing the zodiacal sign Leo ('Asad).
Illustration: Fol. 16v: Painting 4: Figure representing the z

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Psalters

Ethiopia

Institutional Record:

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

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Holding Institution:

Princeton University