University of Dayton, ML-RB Ethiopic psalter

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30034

Shelfmark:

ML-RB Ethiopic psalter

Title:

Ethiopic psalter with prayers to Mary; manuscript

Psalter

Psalms

Prayers

Place:

Ethiopia?

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

approximately late 18th to 19th century

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 324 unnumbered pages ; 17 x 12 cm housed in a two-part leather case.

Note:

Bound manuscript.
Title devised by cataloger.
Bound with dark goatskin over wooden boards with geometric designs in blind. Boards lined with cloth. Mirror fragments within the turn-ins of front board. Spine worn and front joint split.
Parachment pricked and and ruled throughout; shows some soiling, damp staining, and wear, with a few old vernacular repairs. Black ink in a fine hand with a few words or phrases in red. Four blanks with later notations.
Custom five-sided case for manuscript fits inside a case with top flap and cloth carrying straps.
Nineteen lines per page; text on last thirteen leaves is in two columns.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Ethiopia

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Psalters

Texts

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

Prayers and devotions

Ethiopic language

Institutional Record:

https://udiscover.udayton.edu/permalink/01OHIOLINK_DAYTON/7hmf34/alma991013374369708517

Holding Institution:

University of Dayton