New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Ethiopic 26
Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
Collection: Ethiopic
Other identifiers: EMIP EMIP 3154
General description
Yale Collection, Ethiopic 26
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–154v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–122r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 122r–135v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 135v–143r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 143r–150v
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 143r and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 144r and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 145r and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 147r and following
- ms_i1.4.5
(Fols 148v and following
- ms_i1.4.6
(Fols 149v and following
- ms_i1.4.7
(Fols 150v and following
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 143r and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 151v–154v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–122r
Contents
Fols 1r–154v
Language of text:
Fols 1r–122r
Fols 122r–135v
( ) ጸሎተ፡ ሐና፡ ነቢይት፡, Prayer of Hana, Prophetess
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Note of completion of copying the book on the 30th of Ḫǝdar
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a name plate of the Beinecke Library indicating the book is a gift of Viletta Hutchinson
Extras
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Psalm 77 does not mark the midpoint
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. ir(ecto)
clippings of photographs from a Swedish magazine of braided hair of three Ethiopian women
- miniature:
Fol. iir(ecto)
photograph of the entrance up the rope to Dabra Dāmmo↗ , Dabra Damo
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
picture of Ethiopians gathered for a meal with the following text: Legend: ( ) “Traditional dinner of fiery stew and barley beer spreads before the author, who was invited to the home of a family in Lalibela, kneeling hostess serves the meal. Musicians play washint and masinko, a flute and one-stringed violin. An isolated village of rock-hewn churches, Lalibela is one of Ethiopia’s holiest places.”
Surrogates
- EMIP 3154
- Yale 2012116
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 190mm |
Width | 120mm |
Depth | mm |
Binding
Binding material
parchment
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
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