EMML 507 - Ethiopia - Addis Ababa - Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church (Addis Ababa) - Reading Room

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0 CE - 2025 CE

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Addis Ababa VIAF
Repository	Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church (Addis Ababa) VIAF
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	157 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	19th-20th century (?)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Psalters; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian)
Feature(s)	Seal(s)
Ext. Bibliography	William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. II: Project Numbers 301-700 (1976).
HMML Proj. Num.	EMML 507
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202346
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Cataloged by William F. Macomber; metadata added by Jeremy R. Brown
Surrogate Format	Scanned Microform
Access Restrictions	Unregistered or order a digital copy
Rights	http://www.vhmml.org/terms

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Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	157 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Stamped leather over wood boards; wrapped in cloth
Binding Dimensions	29 x 25.6 cm
Provenance	Copied for ደጃዝማች፡ አበጋዝ, who paid for the manuscript and gave it to Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church on 26 Ṭerr 1915 EC (3 February 1923), fol. 1v; Seal of ደጃዝማች፡ አበጋዝ, 1v; Seal of Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church, fol. 144v, 157v

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Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-157v
Century(ies)	19th-20th century (?)
Year Range	1850-1923
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	1 column, 22-23 lines per page, fol. 2r-144v; 2 columns, 22-23 lines per page, fol. 145r-157v
Signatures	Yes
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Decoration	Modern European prayer card of the baptism of Christ pasted to the inside front cover
Notes	Note of donatiaon, fol. 1v

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Part 1

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 2r-157v
Title	Psalter
Uniform Title	Psalter (Ethiopian Rite)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	151 Psalms of David, fol. 2r-126v; 15 biblical canticles, fol. 126v-138v; Song of Songs, fol. 138v-144v; Praises of Mary, fol. 145r-153v; Gate of Light, fol. 154r-157v
Item Notes	Spiritual meanings for the Hebrew letters in Psalm 118, fol. 102r-110r; Columetric rubrication in the tenth biblical canticle, fol. 135rv

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Addis Ababa VIAF
Repository	Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church (Addis Ababa) VIAF
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	157 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	19th-20th century (?)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Psalters; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian)
Feature(s)	Seal(s)
Ext. Bibliography	William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. II: Project Numbers 301-700 (1976).
HMML Proj. Num.	EMML 507
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202346
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Cataloged by William F. Macomber; metadata added by Jeremy R. Brown
Surrogate Format	Scanned Microform
Access Restrictions	Unregistered or order a digital copy
Rights	http://www.vhmml.org/terms

Object
Description

Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	157 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Stamped leather over wood boards; wrapped in cloth
Binding Dimensions	29 x 25.6 cm
Provenance	Copied for ደጃዝማች፡ አበጋዝ, who paid for the manuscript and gave it to Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church on 26 Ṭerr 1915 EC (3 February 1923), fol. 1v; Seal of ደጃዝማች፡ አበጋዝ, 1v; Seal of Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church, fol. 144v, 157v

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-157v
Century(ies)	19th-20th century (?)
Year Range	1850-1923
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	1 column, 22-23 lines per page, fol. 2r-144v; 2 columns, 22-23 lines per page, fol. 145r-157v
Signatures	Yes
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Decoration	Modern European prayer card of the baptism of Christ pasted to the inside front cover
Notes	Note of donatiaon, fol. 1v

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 2r-157v
Title	Psalter
Uniform Title	Psalter (Ethiopian Rite)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	151 Psalms of David, fol. 2r-126v; 15 biblical canticles, fol. 126v-138v; Song of Songs, fol. 138v-144v; Praises of Mary, fol. 145r-153v; Gate of Light, fol. 154r-157v
Item Notes	Spiritual meanings for the Hebrew letters in Psalm 118, fol. 102r-110r; Columetric rubrication in the tenth biblical canticle, fol. 135rv

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