Text 1: ff. 1r,1-74rb,5: Zəmmare (a collection of hymns); (1ra-b,1-3: በስመ፡ … ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘሰኑ[ይ]፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዝማሬ፡ ዕዝል፡ ዘ[b]ንዜክር፡ ዝማሬ፡ ግዕዝ፡ ወዕዝል፡ ወዋዜማ፡ ዘነሶሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ እምዮሐንስ፡ እ[ስከ፡] ዮሐንስ፡ መጥምቅ።); Text 2: ff. 74rb,5-76rb,6fb: Wazema (chants) for the evening, with qəne (poems); (74rb,5-8: በቅኔ፡ ዋዜማ፡ ሰርክ፡ ህየንተ፡ ዝማሬ፡ ዘንተ፡ ዘምር፡ ክብር፡ ይእቲ፡ ወእጣነ፡ ሞገር፤); Text 3: ff. 76rb,7fb-87a,end: Zəmmare of John: Mystery, in mode Gəʽəz; (74rb,5-8: Zəmmare zä-Yoḥannəs Məśṭir. Gəʽəz); Text 4: ff. 91ra,1-118rb,end: Antiphone (Mäwaśə᾽ət); Text 5: ff. 118va,1-120ra,2(end): The “Gate” (= list of contents) of Halleluia chanting; (አንቀጸ፡ ሃሌተ፡)
Monastery of Gunda Gunde
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GG-052
On the front cover and f. Ir: ዝማሬ፡ መዋስእት፡ (Zəmmare Mäwasə᾽ət)
Michael Gervers (researcher)
Witold Witakowski (data contributor)
The text has musical notation between the lines; f. 120ra: a note written by another hand naming Abunä Ezra (the abbot of Gundä Gunde, early 17th century); ff. Iv-IIv (foreguard), ff. 87v-90v, 120v(last), IIIr-IVv (rearguard): empty
Number of folios: 2 (I-II) + 120 + 2(III-IV), European foliation; Number of quires: 13; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 22-23
Hymnal
Ethiopia
Tigray
