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Prayer for gaining respect (CAe 5888)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ሀሊም፡ ወከመ፡ ቢስርቀያድ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ፲ወ፬አስማተ፡ ርብሽመ፡ ከማሁ፡ ሙሮሸብአ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ጋላ፡ ወለሻንቅላ፡ ወለሰብአ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ በግርማ፡ ገጸ፡ ገብርከ፡

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Ṭabiba ṭabibān (CAe 2393) First stanza of the hymn. Written in the left column under the third picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by እግዚአብሔር፡ ጠቢበ፡ ጠቢባን፡ ከሃሊ፤ እስመ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ እምጥንት፡ አንተ፡ ኢትበሊ፤ ድኩመ፡ ሕሊና፡ ገብርከ፡

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Ṣalot baʾǝnta kʷināt ... (CAe 7115) Written in the middle and right columns under the third picture and in the left column under the fourth picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ኵናት፡ በስመ፡ ሀለኩ፡ ኸቢር፡ ኑራሂ፡ ሰላም፡ ኢኢዙቢላሂ፡

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Prayer against lance wounds (CAe 5888) Written in the middle and right columns under the fourth picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ኵናት፡ ወደራግ፡ በጀን፡ በጀን፡ በአለማ፡ በቅድመ፡ ገጸ፡ ገ[ጸ(?)]supplied by Stefan Strelcynበርከ፡ አርዕዶሙ፡ ለገብርከ፡

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Salām to George of Lydda (CAe 2866 10) Stanza 10 of Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George, written in the left and middle columns under the fifth picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለከናፍሪከ፡ እለ፡ ተከሥታ፡ ለዘምሮ። ስመ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መምለክያነ፡ ጣዖት፡ ለአስተሐፍሮ። ጊዮርጊስ፡ ልዳዊ፡ ዕጉሥ፡ ለተጽእሮ። ፈረስከ፡ ዘትፄዓኖ፡ እንደ፡ ያስተቃንጽ፡ ዕግሮ። ለረዊደ፡ ጸርየ፡ ይሩጽ፡ ወኢያንትግ፡ በጽሮ።

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Kamāhu ʾaššabromu la-sabʾa kʷǝllu fǝṭrat... (CAe 7120) Written in the right column under the fifth picture and in the left and middle column under the sixth picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ዑን፡ ነቢ፡ ሰላማ፡ (…)ommission by ከማሁ፡ አሸብሮሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ በግርማ፡ ገጸ፡ ገብርከ፡

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Prayer for gaining respect from Gāllā, Šānqǝllā and all kinds of people (CAe 5888) Written in the right column under the sixth picture and in the three columns under the seventh picture. The text is partly similar to the prayer above, but using several magic words (ʾasmāt) at the beginning. The letter ዥ is represented by the more ancient or irregular form with four little strokes marking the sixth order: .

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዥኖ፡ ከሚጽ፡ ከደቢል፡ እልሚል፡ (…)ommission by ከማሁ፡ አሸብሮሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ጋላ፡ ወለሰብአ፡ ሻንቅላ፡ ወለሰብአ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ በግርማ፡ ገጸ፡ ገብርከ፡

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Prayer for gaining respect from Gāllā, Šānqǝllā and all kinds of people (CAe 5888) Written in the left and middle columns under the eighth picture. The text is partly similar to the two prayers above, but using different magic words (ʾasmāt) at the beginning.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ ሽሐብር፡ ስለከላሂምሸርታ፡ (…)ommission by በኃይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡ አሸ{ብ}ብሮሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ጋላ፡ ወለሻንቅላ፡ ወለሰብአ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ በግርማ፡ ገጸ፡ ገብርከ፡

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Za-nabara wǝsta ḫǝlqatu la-Salomon... (CAe 7116) Written in the right column under the eighth picture, in the three columns under the ninth picture and in the left column under the tenth picture. The text is partly similar to the two prayers above, but using different magic words (ʾasmāt) at the beginning which are said to originate from the ring of Solomon .

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ ቀወአረቢ፡ ሂሙፋርክሩክናኤል፡ (…)ommission by አቅማሐሹን፡ ዘነበረ፡ ውስተ፡ ኅልቀቱ፡ ለሰሎሞን፡ ንጉሥ፡ ከማሁ፡ አሸብሮሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ጋላ፡ ወለሻንቅላ፡ ወለሰብአ፡ ዛቲ፡ ዓለም፡ በግርማ፡ ገጸ፡ ገብርከ፡

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Prayer for gaining respect from pagans (CAe 5888) Written in the right column under the eighth picture, in the three columns under the ninth picture and in the left column under the tenth picture. The text is partly similar to the two prayers above, but using different magic words (ʾasmāt) at the beginning.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ርብዓም፡ ደርዓም፡ በደርዓም፡ (…)ommission by በኃይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡ አሸብሮሙ፡ ለአረሚ፡ በግርማ፡ ገጸ፡ ገብርከ፡

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Prayer against enemies (CAe 5888) Written in the two middle columns under the tenth picture. The text is another prayer using secret names as those directly above seeking protection against Gāllā , Šānqǝllā and ʾarami (pagans).

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኃይለ፡ ፀላዒ፡ ወፀር፡ ቀጅ፡ መቀጅ፡ እልጓሕስም፡ (…)ommission by በኃይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡ ንፍድ፡ ሙቦል፡ ወምጽልአ፡ አዕይንቲሆሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ አረሚ፡ ወሻንቅላ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይንሥኡ፡ ፀብአ፡ ላዕሌየ፡ ለቀቲለ፡ ሰብእናየ፡ ለገብርከ፡ ወይኵኑ፡ ከመ፡ ዕብን፡ ፍዙዛነ፡ ጋላ፡ ወሻንቅላ፡ ወአረሚ፡ (…)ommission by ድፍን፡ ልቦሙ፡ ወአጽልም፡ አእይንቲሆሙ፡

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Prayer against enemies and for being loved (CAe 6477) Written in the right column under the tenth picture and in the left column under the eleventh picture. The beginning of the prayer is taken from Psalm 3. The letter ዥ is represented by the more ancient or irregular form with four little strokes marking the sixth order: .

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እግዚኦ፡ ሚበዝኁ፡ እለ፡ ይሣቅዩኒ፡ (…)ommission by በዥርሮ፡ ድንፍ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ወአጽልም፡ አዕይንቲሆሙ፡ ወአጽርዕ፡ እንግልጋሆሙ፡ ወአብህም፡ አፉሆሙ፡ ወአልስህ፡ ኅምዞሙ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይትናገሩኒ፡ ነገረ፡ ኅሱም፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ፍቅር፡ ወሰላም፡ ለገብርከ፡

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Prayer against enemies (CAe 5888) Prayer against various enemies fighting the owner of the scroll with all kinds of weapons. Text is written in the first or second column under the eleventh picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ለአናንያ፡ ወአዛርያ፡ ወሚሳኤል፡ ስምከ፡ እጼውዕ፡ እንዘ፡ እብል፡ በከመ፡ ጸውዓት፡ እምከ፡ እንዘ፡ ትብል፡ ስምከ፡ ልራፑን፡ ሐራፑን፡ ሹሐል፡ (…)ommission by በኃይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡ አርኅቆመ፡ እምኔየ፡ ለእለ፡ ይደ{፡} ብዩኒ፡ አእላፍ፡ በየማንየ፡ ወአእላፍ፡ በጸጋምየ፡ (…)ommission by እለ፡ ኀቤየ፡ በመዓልት፡ ወበሌሊት፡ ለቀቲለ፡ ሰብእናየ፡ ጸዊሮሙ፡ ወልታ፡ ወኵናተ፤ ረምኃ፡ ወአስይፍተ፡ አዕባነ፡ ወቀስተ፡ ይኵኑ፡ ዝርዋነ፡ ከመ፡ ጸበል፡ ወጊሜ፡ ወይኅልቁ፡ ከመ፡ ጢስ፡ ሊተኒ፡ ለገብርከ፡

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No item: LIT7117RespectMoses (CAe 7117) The text is written in the first or second column under the eleventh picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሀበኒ፡ ኃይለ፡ ግርማ፡ ወሞገስ፡ ዘከመ፡ ወሀብኮ፡ ለሙሴ፡ ገበርከ፡ በቅድመ፡ ፈርዖን፡ ንጉሠ፡ ግብጽ፡ (…)ommission by ከማሁ፡ አስጥሞሙ፡ ለጸርየ፡ ወለጸላእት[የ፡(?)]supplied by Stefan Strelcyn ሊተ፡ ለገብርከ፡

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No item: LIT7118Enemies (CAe 7118) The text is written in the first or second column under the eleventh picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሶበ፡ ይሬእዩ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ገበርተ፡ ዓመፃ፡ ይባዕ፡ ውስተ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ፍርሀት፡ ወረዓድ፡ ዘአንስት፡ (…)ommission by ከማሁ፡ አጽልሞሙ፡ ወአእዑር፡ አዕይንቲሆሙ፡ ወአብህም፡ አፉሆሙ፡ ለአረሚ፡ ወለኵሎሙ፡ ገበርተ፡ ዓመፃ፡ እለ፡ ይመጽኡ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ለቀቲለ፡ ሰብእናየ፡ ሊተ፡ ለገብርከ፡

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Prayer against all persons doing injustice to the owner of this scroll (CAe 5888) The text is written in the third column under the eleventh picture. It may contain an allusion to Psalm 92:7.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አስማተ፡ መሸብር፡ ርብሽመ፡ ርብሽአ፡ (…)ommission by በዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡ አሸብሮሙ፡ ወአርዕዶሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ገበርተ፡ ዓመፃ፡ ለገበርከ፡

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No item: LIT7129Protection (CAe 7129) The text is written in the third and fourth column under the eleventh picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በቅድመ፡ ፀብዕ፡ ወቀትል፡ በቅድመ፡ ፈረስ፡ ወእግር፡ ውእቱ፡ መግረሬ፡ ፀር፡ (…)ommission by ከማሁ፡ ሠውረኒ፡ ወአድኅነኒ፡ እምእደ፡ ፀርየ፡ ወጸላእትየ፡ ሊተ፡ ለገብርከ፡

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No item: LIT7119Yethafaru (CAe 7119) The text is written in the fourth column under the eleventh picture.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ይትኃፈሩ፡ ወይኅሰሩ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ጸላእትየ፡ እለ፡ ይመክሩ፡ እኵየ፡ ላዕሌየ፡

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Collection of prayers of the prophets of the Old Testament (CAe 7103) The text is written under the twelfth and thirteenth pictures. Each prayer begins with ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ("When he cried") or ወሶበ፡ ጸርሑ፡ ("When they cried") and is often continued with ስመከ፡ ("your name").

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Ṣalot baʾǝnta ḫayla ṣalāʾi wa-ḍar (CAe 7130) The text is written in the second, third or fourth column under the twelfth picture interrupting the surrounding text of Content Item 19 Collection of prayers of the prophets of the Old Testament (CAe 7103) .

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ኃ<ይለ>supplied by Stefan Strelcyn፡ ፀላዒ፡ ወፀር፡ ወበእንተ፡ ኵናት፡ ዕንቋዕ፡ ይትፌሥሑ፡ ወይትሐሠዩ፡ ብከ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ እለ፡ የኃሡከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ወይበሉ፡ ዘልፈ፡ ዓቢይ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡

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Nǝsʾǝlaka wa-nāstabaqʷǝʿāka baʾǝnta kʷināt wa-ḍar (CAe 7131) The text is written in the second, third or fourth column under the twelfth picture interrupting the surrounding text of Content Item 19 Collection of prayers of the prophets of the Old Testament (CAe 7103) .

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ንስእለከ፡ ወናስተበቁዓከ፡ በእንተ፡ ኵናት፡ ወፀር፡ ከመ፡ ታውድቆሙ፡ ለጸርየ፡ ወለፀላእትየ፡ ወከመ፡ ኢይን<ሥ>supplied by Stefan Strelcynአኒ፡ ሞት፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ጌዜየ፡ ተማኅፀንኩ፡ በለዋችን፡ ስምከ፡ በአርዳድ፡ ስምከ፡ ስም፡ መግረሬ፡ ፀር፡

Language of text: and Amharic

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Prayer against enemies (CAe 5888) The text is written in two columns under the fourteenth picture, the text in the first column is partly illegible.

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ፍዙዝ፡ ረስዮሙ፡ ለጸርየ፡ እለ፡ ይፀብዑኒ፡ አረሚ፡ ወክርስቲያን፡ ከዓውያነ፡ ደም፡ በሜሎስ፡ ገጽከ፡ በኬብሮን፡ ለግግ፡ ሕትሞሙ፡ በዚዛኤል፡ ወክክኤል፡ በአርቃድዮስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ በከመ፡ ተዓሥረ፡ በ፭፻፼፡ ሰናስለ፡ እሳት፡ ከማሁ፡ እስሮሙ፡ ለጋላ፡ ወለሻንቅላ፡ ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይንሥኡ፡ ንዋይየ፡ (…)ommission by በኃይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡ አድኅነኒ፡ እምፀርየ፡ ለገብርከ፡

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