Cairo, Franciscan Center of Christian Oriental Studies, Eth. 4
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Chants; Unidentified Amharic text; Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Wǝddāse Māryām; ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān; Malkǝʾ-hymns
Number of Text units: 22
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1850-1949 The catalogue states that the manuscript is composed of parchment and paper leaves, and that the amount of written lines varies in the range of 10–23, without providing further information on both aspects. This might indicate that the manuscript is composed of distinct codicological units.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerpps 1–37 ),
Greetings to Mary and the Church for the hours
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerpps 1 and following ), Lauds
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerpps 29 and following ), Tierce
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerpps 11 and following ), Sext
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerpps 18 and following ), None
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerpps 25 and following, check the viewer35 and following ), Vespers
- ms_i1.6 (), Compline
- ms_i2 (check the viewerpps 38–39 ), Unidentified text in Amharic
- ms_i3 (check the viewerpps 41–42, check the viewer40 ), Nicene Creed
- ms_i4
(check the viewerpps 43–113 ),
Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerpps 43–50 ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Monday
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerpps 50–61 ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Tuesday
- ms_i1.4.3 (check the viewerpps 61–73 ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Wednesday
- ms_i1.4.4 (check the viewerpps 73–87 ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Thursday
- ms_i1.4.5 (check the viewerpps 87–96 ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Friday
- ms_i1.4.6 (check the viewerpps 96–104 ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Saturday
- ms_i1.4.7 (check the viewerpps 104–113 ), Wǝddāse Māryām, Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i5 (check the viewerpps 114–141 ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i6 (check the viewerpps 141–175 ), Malkǝʾa wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i7 (check the viewerpps 175–178 ), Malkǝʾa ʾanqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i8 (check the viewerpps 179–216 ), Śalast chants
- ms_i9 (check the viewerpps 217–219, check the viewer220–266 ), Malkǝʾa Giyorgis
Contents
check the viewerpps 1–37 Greetings to Mary and the Church for the hours (CAe 1961)
Language of text:
check the viewerpps 141–175 Malkǝʾa wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 1869)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ፈቀደ፡ እግዚእ፡ ለአዳም፡ ያግዕዞ፡ ሥጋኪ፡ ንጹሐ፡
check the viewerpps 175–178 Malkǝʾa ʾanqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 2960) Incomplete at the end.
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንጽሕት፡ ወብርህት፡ በልሳነ፡ ኵሉ፡ . . . . .ommission by ወነፍስ፡
check the viewerpps 179–216 Śalast chants (CAe 6489 Salast)
Contains musical notation.
Language of text:
check the viewerpps 217–219, check the viewer220–266 Malkǝʾa Giyorgis (CAe 3100) ? Incomplete at the end. The text is only described as ‘Malkǝʾa Giyorgis’ in the catalogue, the identification with Malkǝʾa Giyorgis is tentative. check the viewerpps 220–266, are located before check the viewerpp. 179 .
Language of text:
Catalogue Bibliography
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Macomber, W. F., S. P. Brock, and V. Mistrih 1985. ‘Catalogue des manuscripts syriaques, éthiopiens et arméniens du Centre d’Etudes Orientales Chrétiennes du Mouski, Le Caire’, Studia Orientalia Christiana, Collectanea, 18 (1985), 219–222.page 221–222
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Paper Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 105mm |
Width | 60mm |
Foliation
check the viewerpps 220–266, are located before check the viewer179 .
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 10-23
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻCairo, Franciscan Center of Christian Oriental Studies, Eth. 4ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2024-01-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/FCCOSEth004 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Continued description on 5.1.2024
- Dorothea Reule Created record on 20.12.2023
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor