Arke Hymns (in honour of the saints, to be read on specific days)

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GG-097

On the front board and on f. IIv: ኣርኬ፡ (᾽Arke)

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

᾽Arke (author (legendary))

Wärädä Qal, f. 179ra,6 (owner)

Wärädä Qal, f. 179ra,6; (commissioner)

ff. I-II - taken from another ms and used as the foreguard; ff. Iv-IIr - a fragment of an unidentified text on written turned by 90o; f. 187v: trial of the pen

Number of folios: 2(I-II) + 187, European foliation; Number of quires: 21 (?); Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns Irregular: 12-19 lines, ff. 9r-v and 19r-22v: 11 lines

Religious poetry

Ethiopia

Tigray