Contents: 1. Ff. 1v-107r: Psalms of David. -- 2. Ff. 107v-119r: Biblical Canticles. -- 3. Ff. 119r-125v: Song of Songs, common version. 4. -- Ff. 125v-135v: Praises of Mary [Wəddase Maryam], laid out in one column. arranged for the days of the week (Monday, f. 125v; Tuesday, f. 126v; Wednesday, f. 128v; Thursday, f. 130; Friday, f. 132r; Saturday, f. 133v; Sunday, f. 134v). -- 5. Ff. 136r-139v: Gate of Light [Anqäṣä Bərhan]., Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Item cataloged from existing description in Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project: Volume 1, in which this manuscript is entered as EMIP 73., Quires: protection quire + 12 full quires, ii + 141 folios, 138 x 105 mm. Quire descriptions: quires 1-4, 6-12 balanced; quire 5 adjusted balanced., Binding: four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards., Overlooked words of text are written interlinearly (f. 138v)., The scribe regularly has to complete a line of text on another line. Much of the problem is addressed through the selection of an appropriate aspect ratio for the codex combined with an appropriate script size. But, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe completes the line of text above the end of the line (e.g., ff. 1v, 2v, 3r, 4v, etc.). This scribe will also reduce the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line (e.g., ff. 55v and 57v).
Apocalypse with Interpretations, divided into chapters preceded by 72 illustrations. Prologue by St. Andrew, Archbishop of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Final chapter, without illustration: Sign of Second Coming of Christ, ending, Then Hell will be captured by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Copied from a 17th century manuscript., Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Quires of 6 at beginning and end. 73 tipped-in illustrations. No signatures or catchwords; folio letters at lower right of text. Four blank flyleaves at front and back., Script: Cyrillic majuscule in black ink with rubrication of page headings and initials. First words of paragraph in red or purple., Decoration: 73 full page watercolor illustrations, drawn loosely in light brown and black ink and very crudely painted with color washes of green, brown, yellow, blue, red, and pink. Rubricated initials with red vine and flower extensions; red floral designs at ends of some books. Page opposite painting #2 (angel appearing to St. John) has a foliage headpiece and a right-side decorative motif, and both are crudely trimmed and pasted-in clippings from woodblock prints. These designs are roughly emulated in a freehand headpiece and right-side motif opposite painting #47 (first of seven vials), with foliage in green, blue, and pink on a pale yellow background; the same colors are used in the initial 'I'. Most other chapter headings simply have a rectangle outlined in black and/or red. There are several Hands of Blessing drawn in margins, some colored in., Paper watermarked alternately with Russian characters for 'F K N G' and 1836; another watermark has oval stamp, Superfine, London. Near the end are two ink stamps of French dealers.
Contents: 1. Ff. 3r-5r: Image of Gabriel. -- 2. Ff. 6r-:13v: Prayer of Incense (Published in Ethiopia, Tənśa'e Zä-Guba'e Press, Addis Ababa, 1951 EC). -- 3. Ff. 14r-37v, 44r-170v: Missal; Rebound in some disorder. Office prayers, f. 14r; ordinary of the Mass, f. 44r; Anaphoras of the Apostles, f. 71r; Our Lord Jesus Christ, f. 77v; John Son of Thunder, f. 89r; Our Lady Mary By Cyriacus of Bəhənsa (called here dərsan homily, not akkwätet), f. 92r; the 318 Orthodox Fathers, f. 104r; John Chrysostom, f. 114; Epiphanius, f. 120r; Dioscorus, f. 127v; James of Sarug, f. 130r; Cyril of Alexandria, f. 138r; Athanasius the Apostolic, f. 145r; Gregory of Armenia, f. 156v; Basil, f. 161v. -- 4. Ff. 37v-38v: The litanical hymn to Christ, For the sake of your Trinity. -- 5. Ff. 38v-39v: Litanical hymn to Jesus Christ. -- 6. Ff. 39v-40v: Halleluiatic hymn to the Trinity. EMIP 39, f. 19r. -- 7. Ff. 40v-42v: Hymn to Saint George. -- 8. Ff. 42v-43v and 174r-176v: Hymn to Mary, You are blessed (Chaîne, Répertoire, no. 292. Most of these hymns (from 4 to 8) are part of the Horologium for night hours. -- 9. Ff. 171r-174r Monastic genealogy of the line of Abunä Ewosṭatewos. Cf. C. Conti Rossini, Il Gadla Filpos e Gadla Yohannes di Dabra Bizan, Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche, vol. VIII, ser. 5 (1903), pp. 154-6; and Getatchew Haile, A Fragment on the Monastic Fathers of the Ethiopian Church, Orbis Aethiopicus: Studia in honorem Stanislaus Chojnacki (ed. Piotr O. Scholz et al), Albstrat (1992), pp. 231-7., Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Item cataloged from existing description in Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project: Volume 1, in which this manuscript is entered as EMIP 72., Quires: 24 full quires, quires 7 and 10 numbered (as 4 and 1 respectively), 177 folios, 140 x 129 mm. Quire descriptions: quires 2-6, 8, 12-23 balanced; quire 24 adjusted balanced; quires 1, 7, 9-11 unbalanced., Binding: four altered Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards.
Treatise on Ethics Confirmed by Passages from the Koran., Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: XI quires, odd quires of 12 leaves, even of 8 leaves. Catchwords in inner bottom corner of verso. Foliation in pencil, lower right corner, in descending order from 111., Origin: Near East, 19th Century., Script: Turkish written in Arabic in 1 hand of black ink with red pointing and overscoring., Decoration: Inscription on bottom edge of pages in Turkish., Binding: Original half roan, pasted with marbled paper. Inscription on lower edge.
A Missal, with Rituals, of the Maronites, a Christian sect of Syrian origin, mainly living in Lebanon, and speaking Arabic, which when written in Syriac characters is called Karshuni. They derive their name from the Syriac Christian Saint Maron (d. 410 CE), whose followers migrated in the 7th c. to the area of Mount Lebanon from their previous location of residence around the area of Antioch, establishing the nucleus of the Syriac Maronite Church. Pages 1-73 I. Missal. Opening page, under heading, begins with three red lines: The Beginning of the Ritual of the Mass, 'In the Name of the Father ... ' At first the priest says, while he takes off his clothes, after washing his hands ... 'Divest me, O Lord, of the sinful garments with which Satan hath clothed me, and clothe me with the chosen garments which are suitable for thy service, and to the praise of thy praiseworthy righteousness, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and in all time forever.' II. Rituals (each decorated by a headpiece of strapwork) according to: 1. St. Kusostas Baba; 2. St. John the Apostle; 3. St. Murush, Bishop of Tekrit; 4. St. James, Brother of Christ; 5. St. Mark; 6 St. Peter (contents per Professor Kraeling, Dept. of Semitic Languages, Columbia University, 1920 (Probably Emil Gottlieb Heinrich Kraeling (1892-1973), American Lutheran biblical scholar and Aramaicist), Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Quires of 10. Catchwords at inner corner, end of each quire. No signatures or numbers. 8 sewing stations. Paper repairs on some pages., Script: Bold, legible, in black ink with rubricated lines, words, and page titles throughout., Decoration: First recto has three-quarter border (top and sides) of geometric interlaced strapwork outlined in black ink and colored with red and grey ink wash; the title is written within the border in red and black capitals. Before each of the six rituals, there is a panel along the top of the page in the same colors and style. Each text page is outlined in red and black. Seven-page section in a different hand written with a thinner pen, sans rubrication., Binding: Re-used parchment over boards, attached with thongs. Marbled edges. Title on spine in brown ink: Missale Maroni. Syriac. Interior title: Missale Maronitarum Syro- /idiomate /Manoscritto.
Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Single quire, 8 sewing stations. Verso of each page has catchword for the next recto at bottom edge., Script: Coptic book script, with headings and occasional passages in Arabic. Text mainly black with some passages in brown ink. On f. 7v, part of a line in silver ink. Decorative swashes on descenders., Decoration: Introductory initials in black with red. Red figures or notations at ends of some lines; some ornamental penwork section dividers., Binding: Limp binding in cream-colored paper; cover consists of external sheet, two lining sheets, and pastedown. Cover edges bound with folded strip of brown paper along head, tail, and fore edge; now missing on tail edges. Spine covered with a strip of brown leather. Both covers have a floral design drawn (not printed) in green ink, with red flowers and green leaves crudely colored with ink wash., Numerous notations and marks on front inside cover. Pasted label Edward S. Burgess. Round label with picture of the Tower of Babel and text Maisonneuve et Cie, editeurs, a la Tour de Babel, Maisonneuve ink stamp, and pencil note Maissonneuve [sic] 1891 cat/6542. Pencil note: Guilmoto/7744. Probably E. Guilmoto, 19th c. publisher, Paris, also associated with the Librarie Orientale et Américaine. Inside back cover, typed label pasted in: 5369 - Prayers in Coptic and Arabic. In the original limp boards. Written on 22 pp., small 4to. 18th century and written in ink, W.[ilberforce] Eames' Sale, Apr. 11, '07, And[erson's]. Wilberforce Eames (1855-1937) was a noted librarian and bibliographer who purchased from Anderson
