Collection of mälkə᾽ poems

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Description

Text 1: f. 1ra,1-140ra,end; Collection of mälkə᾽ poems, divided in monthly lectures; the names of the months are written on upper margins; f. 1 (Mäskäräm), f. 16r (Ṭəqemt), f. 28r (Ḫədar), f. 41r (Taḫśaś), f. 54r (Ṭərr), f. 68r (Yäkkatit), f. 78r (Mäggabit); f. 88r (Miyazya); f. 96r ([Gənbot]), f. 106r (Säne); f. 115r (Ḫamle), f. 128r (Näḥase), f. 138rb-140ra (P.aguəmen) Text 2: ff. 140va-142v: two Miracles of Mary; the third Miracle unfinished, the text breaking soon after the beginning; ff. 141-142 are smaller than the rest; they probably come from another manuscript

In collections

Gunda Gunde Manuscripts

Details

Address

Monastery of Gunda Gunde

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Local Identifier

GG-089

Title

f. 1r, lower margin: መልክኣ፡ ጉባኤ፡ [Mälkə᾽a guba᾽e]; Inc.: ማኅበረ፡ መላእክት፡ ወሰብእ፡ ተዓይነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወእሙ። ሰላም፡ ለክሙ። ሶበ፡ እከሥት፡ አፉየ፡ ለውዳሴክሙ። ...

Contributors

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

General Note

ff. 15v, 67v, 87v, 105v: empty; f. 141-142: smaller than the rest, damaged;

Physical Description Note

Number of folios: 142; European foliation; Number of quires: 16 or 17; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 19

Topic

Liturgical poetry

Country

Ethiopia

State/Province

Tigray