Collegeville, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, MS EMML no. 941
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Collection: Private Library, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Bolē,
General description
EMML 941
Number of Text units: 16
Number of Codicological units: 2
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Origin
Provenance
Note of ownership by Mammerē Walda Masqal of Sirē Giyorgis, f. 3a. In the Private Library of Mal'aka ẓaḥāy Tāffasa Dasse'alaňň when filmed.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Macomber, W. F. 1978. A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, III: Project Numbers 701–1100 (Collegeville, MN: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St. John’s Abbey and University, 1978).
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Foliation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Stamp of Mal'aka Zahāy Tāffasa Dasse'alann, ff. 14a, 22a and 30a.
Codicological Unit p1
Collection: Addis Ababa, Bolē
Origin of codicological unit 1
1922
Summary of codicological unit 1
- p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 1a–7b,9a-10a ), Chronology of the invasions of Grann
- p1_i2 (check the viewerFols 10a–12a ), History of the Gāllā at the Time of Emperor Mal'ak Saggad (Nagara Gāllā ba-Azē Mal'ak Saggad gizē)
Contents
check the viewerFols 1a–7b,9a-10a Chronology of the invasions of Grann
Language of text:
Written in the Wollo dialect of Amharic.F. 8b: blank.check the viewerFols 10a–12a History of the Gāllā at the Time of Emperor Mal'ak Saggad (Nagara Gāllā ba-Azē Mal'ak Saggad gizē)
Language of text:
Śarsa Dengel, 1563-1597. The initial page also has the title: Tewledd za-Arami, i.e. History of the Gāllā. Ff. 12b-13b: blank.Physical Description of codicological unit 1
Form of support of codicological unit 1
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 1
Foliation of codicological unit 1
State of preservation of codicological unit 1
good
Condition
Stamp of Mal'aka Zahāy Tāffasa Dasse'alann, ff. 14a, 22a and 30a.
Layout of codicological unit 1
Layout note 1
Codicological Unit p2
Collection:
Origin of codicological unit 2
19th century, 1863-1864
Summary of codicological unit 2
- p2_i1 (check the viewerFols 14a–39b ), Ge'ez treatise on computus [Bāḥra ḥassāb].
- p2_i2 (check the viewerFols 40a–53b ), Table for the 532-year cycle of the Julian calender.
- p2_i3 (check the viewerFol. 54ab ), Perpetual calendar for the date of Easter and other movable celebrations, with the years of the 19-year lunar cycle and the tenteyon (day of the week that the 1st of Maskaram falls on) as coordinates.
- p2_i4 (check the viewerFols 55a–56b ), Perpetual calendar for the date of Easter and other movable celebrations, expanded and divided into seven tables for each possible tenteyon.
- p2_i5 (check the viewerFols 56b–57a ), Shadow table.
- p2_i6 (check the viewerFol. 57b ), Divination diagram for the different directions of the wind. (?)
- p2_i7 (check the viewerFol. 58a ), Diagram showing the direction of the sun at different hours of the day.
- p2_i8 (check the viewerFol. 58b ), Diagram showing the directions of sunrise and sunset for the different months of the year.
- p2_i9 (check the viewerFol. 59a ), Diagram that gives certain computation rules. (?)
- p2_i10 (check the viewerFol. 59b ), Diagram of the fraction of the eucharistic bread.
- p2_i11 (check the viewerFols 60a–64b ), Brief treatise on computus, indicating the different cycles used and exemplifying them in calculating the movable feasts and fasts of 7400 A.M/ 1900 E.C. (= 1907-8 /A.D.).
- p2_i12 (check the viewerFol. 57a ), Note , that the year [19]41 was 567 years after the death of St. Gabra Manfas Qeddus.
- p2_i13 (check the viewerFol. 57a ), Note , that the 8000 years began 126 years after the death of St. Gabra Manfas Qeddus.
- p2_i14 (check the viewerFol. 58b ), Note, that Wasanē was born on the feast of God the Father in Sanē, the same day that Rās Dārgē set out to conquer Arusi, and that in 1919 E.C. (= 1926-7 A.D.) she is 41 years, 2 months and 18 days old.
Contents
check the viewerFols 14a–39b Ge'ez treatise on computus [Bāḥra ḥassāb].
Language of text:
Ff 14a-15a: Contents of the treatise; ff. 15a-16a, Introduction; ff. 16a-39b, text; Ff. 40a-59b, tables and diagrams.check the viewerFols 40a–53b Table for the 532-year cycle of the Julian calender.
Language of text:
The table has been used to record important happenings of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including eclipses.check the viewerFol. 54ab Perpetual calendar for the date of Easter and other movable celebrations, with the years of the 19-year lunar cycle and the tenteyon (day of the week that the 1st of Maskaram falls on) as coordinates.
Language of text:
There are numerous errors in the table.check the viewerFols 55a–56b Perpetual calendar for the date of Easter and other movable celebrations, expanded and divided into seven tables for each possible tenteyon.
Language of text:
The same perpetual calendar found on f. 54ab.Physical Description of codicological unit 2
Form of support of codicological unit 2
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 2
Foliation of codicological unit 2
State of preservation of codicological unit 2
good
Condition
Stamp of Mal'aka Zahāy Tāffasa Dasse'alann, ff. 14a, 22a and 30a.
Layout of codicological unit 2
Layout note 1
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Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻCollegeville, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, MS EMML no. 941ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 30.11.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMML941 [Accessed: 2024-04-25+02:00]
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- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created minimal record with link from data sent from Daniel Gullo, HMML project. on 30.11.2017
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