Horologium for the night hours; and Miscellanea

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Text 1: f. 1ra1-58vb,end: (The prayers for) the night rest, by Giyorgis of Gassäč.č.a; title f. 1ra5-6: ዕረፍት፡ ዘሌሊት፡ ዘደረሰ፡ አባ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ጋሰጫ፡; Text 2: f. 59ra,1-66ra,3: (Three) Miracles of Mary; (…ተአምሪሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ ..., f. 59ra,5-4 fb); f. 61vb,6: Introd. prayers: I worship you (እሰግድ፡ ለኪ፡); The miracles: 1. f. 63va,1: On Barok, the villain; 2. f. 64rb,5: On a poor monk; 3. f. 64vb,3fb-66ra,3: Jesus talks to Mary; Text 3: f. 66ra,4-69vb,3(end): Other prayers; and, f. 69ra,1-69vb,3(end): sälams; Text 4: f. 70r,1-90v,end (one-column text): The Book of Consolation (various prayers) (መጽሐፈ፡ ኑዛዜ፡); Text 5: f. 91r,1-97v (one-column text): Sälams and other prayers (after f. 93v (empty) one (?) fol. missing) Text 6: f. 98va,1-108ra,13(end) (two-columns text): Book of the Pearl (or: Essence) (መጽሐፈ፡ ባሕርይ፡ ዘተሰርዓ፡ እምኀበ፡ አበዊነ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ሐዋርያት፡); the ritual for the anointing of the sick Text 7: f. 110r,1-117r (one-column text): Unindentified (the title invisible) Amharic religious treaty Text 8: f. 118ra,1-133vb,end (two-columns text): Prayers, specified on upper margins: for the morning (ዘነግህ፡f. 118r); for the third hour (ዘሠለስት፡f. 120r); for the noon (ዘቀርት፡ f. 121v); for the sixth hour (ዘሰዓት፡f. 123v); for the evening (ዘሠርቅ፡f. 125v); for “the bed time” (=nona) (ዘንዋም፡ f. 127v); for the midnight (ዘመንፈቀ፡ ሌሊት፡ f. 130r) Text 9: f. 136r,1-139r,end (one-column text): Computing which Psalms should be read at specific times; prayers “as it is done in the church” (ጸሎት፡ ዘይትገበር፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡, f. 137v1-2); finished with a schematic table of hours (and prayers?)