[The story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, gate of light, book of Mohammad Grañ, and image of Saint George zaSalédā Mogas].
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- Title
- [The story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, gate of light, book of Mohammad Grañ, and image of Saint George zaSalédā Mogas].
- Contributor
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ገብረ ኪዳን.
Gabre Kidān.
Marston, Thomas E.--Bookplate. - Published / Created
- [20th century]
- Publication Place
- [Ethiopia],
- Abstract
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f i v(erso): Prescription and instructions for prayer, involving the recitation of prayers (ጸሎት እግዝእትነ ማርያም and ጸሎተ ሃይማኖት) seven times, eating seven seeds of the ጠበለል tree with honey, presumably in order to gain knowledge or wisdom; f. i v(erso): A prayer of blessing for the scribe; ff. 110r: Excerpt from the beginning of Angels Praise Her, Yǝwedǝssǝwa Mäla’ǝkt, ይዌድስዋ መላእክት ለማርያም. Chaine Répertoire 388; MD 519ff. ; EMML 1593, f. 92a.
Ff 1r–41r: The story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, arranged for the days of the week: ff. 1r–6r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Monday, which he then recites; ff. 6v–12v: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Tuesday, which he then recites; ff. 13r–19r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Wednesday, which he then recites; ff. 19v–27r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Thursday, which he then recites; ff. 27r–32r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Friday, which he then recites; ff. 32r–36v: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Saturday, which he then recites; ff. 36v–42r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Sunday, which he then recites; Ff. 42v–58r: Gate of Light, አንቀጸ ብርሃን; ff. 59r–91v: The Book of Mohammad Graññ, መጽሐፈ ግራኝ, in Amharic, written in a different hand (the story of the invasion of Mohammad Graññ and the list of the martyrs killed by him); ff. 92r–109v: Image of Saint George zä-Säläda Mogäs, መልክአ ጊዮርጊስ ዘሰሌዳ ሞገስ። incipit: ሰላም ለዝክረ ስምከ ዘሰሌዳ ሞገስ መጽሐፉ
Manuscript in the hand of Gabre Kidān, containing the story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, gate of light, book of Mohammad Grañ, and an image of Saint George zaSalédā Mogas.
- Description
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: Notes: 1. F. ii r(ecto): A list of names of a leading judge and priest of the region of ዐፎሊ ምድር; there follows at least three more names of people; the names appear to be of Oromo people; 2. ff. 6r, 12v and passim, mention an owner ቅብዓ ሥላሲ. 3. f. 58r mentions another owner(?), ወልደ ማርያም; 4. f. 19r mentions the scribe, ገብረ ኪዳን; 5. frame 109v mention later owners(?) or family members, written in a later hand: ገብረ ማርያም, ወልደ ማርያም, ወልዳ ኢየሱስ.
Between wooden boards, with four chain stitches, one column, 13 lines per page, in black and red ink.
Ex Libris Thomas Ewart Marston. Gift of Laurence and Cora Witten, 1989.
In Geʻez and Amharic.
One of the scribes was Gabre Kidān.
With leather case in two parts, approx. 14 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm. - Extent
- ii, 110 ff : on paper ; 120 x 80 mm
- Language
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Amharic
Geez
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Ethiopic MSS 35
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Ethiopic--Ethiopia--20th century.
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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ገብረ ኪዳን.
Gabre Kidān.
Marston, Thomas E.--Bookplate. - Subject (Topic)
- Ethiopic manuscripts.
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- Citation
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For Gate of Light, see Me‘erāf I 69–75 and II 279–83 and Lash, “Gate of Light.”
For Image of Saint George, see Chaine Répertoire 147, and MYS 6, ff. 86r–120v.
See the miracle of Mary in which the Virgin Mary instructed [Budge says “taught”] the Syrian Ephrem to learn by heart and to recite the weekly service of her Book of Praise which he does for Monday, Budge, XXXV; Princeton 8, ff. 30r–33v; Princeton 41, ff. 77r–79r; Princeton 43, ff. 40r–43r; Princeton 46, ff. 47r–48v; Princeton 47, ff. 103v–106v); the standard works on the miracles of Mary are Cerulli, Maria, and Budge, Mary; an exhaustive collection has been published in Ethiopia, ተአምረ፡ ማርያም፡, Ta’ammera Maryam (Addis Ababa: Tenśa’e za-guba’e, 1989 E.C.); EMML 2058, 2059, and 2060; see Delamarter, et al, MYS 1 for a description of 371 miracles.
The story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, gate of light, book of Mohammad Grañ, and image of Saint George zaSalédā Mogas. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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- Object ID (OID)
- 2012496
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