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Title: Front cover, inner side: ክብረ ነገስት (Kəbrä Nägäst)
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-166ra,4: Glory of the Kings; (including the so-called Epilogue, ff. 165rb,5fb-166ra,4); Text 2: ff. 166ra,4-166va,6(end): A list of kings of Ethiopia; Text 3: ff. 166vb,1-169rb and repeated on f. 171ra,1-173ra,7(end): The genealogy of the people who left Israel together with the Ark (the Holy Zion) and came to Ethiopia; the genealogy is continued up to Säbagadis, governor of Tigray 1822-31, and his progeny
Date Created: [1700-1799?]
Subject: Historiography (legendary)

Title: On the front cover: 4ቱ ወንጌል [4 Gospels] with European ‘4’ and phonetic complement ቱ [-tu] of the Ethiopic numeral አርባዕቱ፡ (᾽ärbaʽətu - ‘four’)
Description: Text 1: f. 1ra1-5vb,20: Introduction to the Four Gospels; title f. 1ra5-6: መቅድመ፡ ፬ ወንጌላት፡]; and (scriptio continua): Text 2: f. 5vb,9fb-6rb,13: Introduction to the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianos Text 3: f. 6rb,14-7ra,24: Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianos; (f. 6rb14: አውሳብዮስ፡ ለቅርፒያኖስ፡) Text 4: 7ra,25-7vb,5(end) List of the pericopes; Text 5: f. 8r-13ra: the Eusebian tables Text 6: f. 14ra-94vb: The Gospels; Matthew (14r-38vb); Marc (39ra-53vb); Luke (54r-76vb); John (77r-94vb)
Date Created: [1600-1699?]
Subject: Bible

Title: Front board: ትርጓሜ / ዳንኤል [Tərgwame Danə᾽el]
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-150ra,end; Commentary on the Book of Daniel; beginning missing, notwithstanding well preserved boards
Date Created: [1600-1699?]
Subject: Biblical exegesis

Title: f. Ir: in large green letters: ጥረ ዝማሬ (Ṭərä / Zəmmare); and written with pencil (?) ጥሬ፡ ዝማሬ፡ (Ṭəre Zəmmare); The title at the beginning of the text f.1ra, 2-4, is erased
Description: Text 1: ff. 1r,1-167rb,2(end): Zəmmare (a collection of hymns called Zəmmare (in the moods gəʽəz or ᾽əzəl), wazema, etc.) Text 2: ff. 167va-b: a hymn to Mary
Date Created: [1600-1699?]
Subject: Religious poetry

Title: Front cover: Wəddase ᾽Amlak; (ውዳሴ፡ ኣምላክ፡)
Description: Text 1: f. 1ra-266rb: Praises of God [Chapter 1]: f. 1ra,10-30vb,end: The Prayer to be read on Monday in the words of holy Basil; and other prayers [Chapter 2]: f. 31ra,1-78va-b,7: The Second Prayer and Request, for Tuesday, from the Homily of holy Mari Efrem the Syrian; and other prayers [Chapter 3]: f. 78va-b,4fb -116ra-b,5: The Third Prayer and Request, for Wednesday from the Homily of holy Mari Efrem the Syrian [Chapter 4]: f. 116ra,6fb-165rb,end: The Fourth Prayer, for Thursday collected from the Book of the Spiritual Father holy John; and other prayers [Chapter 5]: f. 165va,1-186va,11: The Fifth Prayer and Request, for Friday, from the Homily of holy Abba Sinoda (Shenute); f. 186va,1fb-205vb,9(end): The Prayer and Request of Abba Pachomius, father of (monastic) companies; (f. 186va,1fb-186vb,2); and other prayers [Chapter 6]: f. 206ra,1-235va-b,4: The Sixth Prayer and Request for the First Sunday (= Saturday) collected by our Father Athanasius; and other prayers [Chapter 7]: f. 235va,7fb-266rb,end: The Seventh Prayer and Request, for Sunday, collected by our Father Cyril (of Alexandria); and other prayers Text 2: f. 270ra,1-276rb,end: The Teaching of the right faith that we were taught by our holy, cross-wearing fathers ᾽Esṭifanos and ᾽Abäkäräzun, the triple teaching that was revealed from the holy books of the New and the Old (Testament);
Date Created: [1800-1899?]

Title: ኦሪት፡ (᾽Orit) - f. 1r, twice on upper margin (with pencil and and in large blue letters) and between the columns f. 56vb,10-11: ተፈጸመ፡ ኦሪት፡ ዘልደት። - "The book of Genesis is finished";
Description: Text 1: f. 1r,1-56va13 and vb,9: Genesis; (several folios missing; the preserved text begins from Gen 13:13)
Date Created: [1700-1799?]
Subject: Bible, Old Testament

Title: f. 87v (i.e., the last), upper margin: ትንቢተ ኢሳያስ (sic!), (Tənbitä ᾽Isay[əy]as), and at the bottom: ትንቢተ ኢሳይያስ (Tənbitä ᾽Isayəyas); lit. The Prophecy of Isaiah
Description: Text 1: ff. 1r,1-87vb, end: Book of Isaiah; the text on the first fol. which is preserved in full (f. 10ra) begins at Is. 15:9 and ends at Is. 52:5
Date Created: [1600-1699?]
Subject: Bible, Old Testament

Title: On the front cover: ምዕራፍ፡ (Məʽəraf)
Description: Text 1: ff. 1va,1-7rb,end: Introductory prayers (e.g. Sälam to Mary, (f.1va,1-), Listen to my prayer, O Lord (3ra,1- , with musical notation), The Heights (Aryam): Alleluya to the Father… (5vc,11- , with music. notation) Text 2: ff. 7rc,1- 11rc,end: Praises to Mary … for Monday (etc.) (Wəddaseha lä-᾽əgzə᾽ətnä Maryam), with musical notation Text 3: ff. 11va-12vb,end: The Chapters (“Gates”) of Haleluya chanting Text 4: ff. 13ra,1-118va: Me‘eraf for all the days from (the feast of) John (the Baptist) to (the feast of) John, (i.e. for the entire year), (13ra,1-2: ምዕራፍ፡ በኵሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ እምዮሐንስ፡ እስከ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ …)
Date Created: [1700-1799?]
Subject: Liturgical books

Title: Front board cover: ወንጌል ሉቃስ አንድም [Wängel Luqas ᾽andəm] f. 1ra,5-6: ፡ አንድም፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ዘዜነወ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሉቃስ፡;
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-75va-b,9: Commentary on the Gospel of Luke; Text 2: ff. 76ra,1-132rb,4(end): Commentary on the Gospel of John
Date Created: [1700-1799?]
Subject: Biblical exegesis

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