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Romanat Qeddus Michael Manuscript Collection [Second half of the 16th - 20th century]
Digital images of 70 parchment manuscripts which constitute the collection of the Romanat Qeddus Mika'el Church. It is a typical Ethiopia…
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"Dersanomu lä-Arba'tu Ensesa ""Homily on the Four Living Creatures"" [late 20th century]"
Homily for the church feast of the Four Living Creatures (8 Hedar), with marginalia. The time of the composition of the work is unknown; it is…
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"Senkessar ""Synaxarion"" (for the first half of the year, months Mäskäräm - Pagwemen) [16th century]"
The manuscript appears to be an early copy of the current version of the Synaxarion (so-called "vulgata"; thought to have been created in…
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"Senkessar ""Synaxarion"" (for the first half of the year, months Mäskäräm - Pagwemen) [20th century]"
A part of the Synaxarion ("vulgata" version) with the lessons for the sanctoral cycle for the first half of the year (Mäskäräm - Yäkkatit…
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"Arba'etu Wängel ""Four Gospels"" [late 17th century (?)]"
The main Gospel book of the church ("Golden Gospel"), donated at a significant occassion (possibly, establishment of re-establishment of…
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"Mäshafä Deggwa ""The Book of Deggwa"" [first half of the 20th century]"
The Deggwa is a collection of hymns for the church services during the liturgical year, thought to have been compiled at least in the 15th cent.…
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"Tä'amrä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [18th century]"
The core of the Miracles of Mary was translated in late 14th/early 15th century froom Arabic; after that, the collection was greatly enriched and…
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"Täam'rä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [20th century]"
The miracles are read at numerous church feasts of St. Mary. The Ms contains a smaller collection of the miraculous stories about St. Mary (some 30…
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"Gädlä Hawaryat, ""The Acts of the Apostles"" [2003?]"
The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, translated into Ge'ez in 14th century at the latest, are read at the respective church feasts in their…
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"Gädlä Ananya (""The Acts of Ananya""; Collection of hagiographic texts devoted to St. Ananya) [18th century]"
The Vita of Ananya, a 16th century monk from the so-called "Ewostatean movement", was possibly written in the 16th or 17th century (s.…
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Somä Deggwe (A part of the Deggwa for the Lent period) [19th century]
Somä Deggwa is a part of Deggwa which is usually copied separately and contains the hymns for the period of Lent. It started circulating as…
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"Tä'amrä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [1967? AD]"
The miracles are read at numerous church feasts of St. Mary. The manuscript contains circa 70 miraculous stories. Donated by (fem.) Wälättä Muse, (…
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"Mäshafä Genzät ""The Book of the Funeral Ritual"" [late 19th/early 20th century]"
The text is used for the funeral service. The oldest known manuscripts originate from the 15th century (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica II, 748-49).…
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"Gädlä Kiros ""The Acts of St. Kiros"" [19th/early 20th century]"
The hagiographic work devoted to Kiros, an Egyptian saint (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica III, pp. 409-411.). The manuscript contains the Vita of St.…
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"Dawit ""Psalter"" [mid-19th century]"
The Psalter is one of the most wide-spread works in Ethiopia, used for both the liturgy and private devotion (cp. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica IV, 231-…
