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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Šawā Province
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Repository | Zanbāllit Kidāna Meḥrat Church |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 152 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Missals; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian) |
Feature(s) | Seal(s) |
Ext. Bibliography |
Getatchew Haile and 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. VII: Project Numbers 2501-3000 (1983). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 2897 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204723 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and 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 |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 152 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Wood boards; wrapped in cloth |
Binding Dimensions | 26.5 x 20 cm |
Provenance |
Note of ownership by Zanbāllit Kidāna Meḥrat Church, fol. 1r; Notes of ownership by ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, whose baptismal name was ወለተ፡ ሥላሴ, and she gave the manuscript to Zanbāllit Kidāna Meḥrat Church on 21 Sanē 1937 EC (28 June 1945), fol. 2v, 38r, 151r, and throughout; Seal of ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, fol. 2v. 151r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-152v |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Year Range | 1900-1945 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 21 lines per page |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Notes |
Text in a secondary hand: Acts 27:33-40, fol. 152v |

Item Location | fol. 3r-151r |
Title | Missal |
Uniform Title | Missal (Ethiopian Rite) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Notes |
Supplied with musical notation; Space for names of the king and patriarchs filled with እገሌ (so-and-so), fol. 19r, 52r, and throughout |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Šawā Province
![]() |
Repository | Zanbāllit Kidāna Meḥrat Church |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 152 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Missals; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian) |
Feature(s) | Seal(s) |
Ext. Bibliography |
Getatchew Haile and 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. VII: Project Numbers 2501-3000 (1983). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 2897 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204723 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and 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 |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 152 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Wood boards; wrapped in cloth |
Binding Dimensions | 26.5 x 20 cm |
Provenance |
Note of ownership by Zanbāllit Kidāna Meḥrat Church, fol. 1r; Notes of ownership by ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, whose baptismal name was ወለተ፡ ሥላሴ, and she gave the manuscript to Zanbāllit Kidāna Meḥrat Church on 21 Sanē 1937 EC (28 June 1945), fol. 2v, 38r, 151r, and throughout; Seal of ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, fol. 2v. 151r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-152v |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Year Range | 1900-1945 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 21 lines per page |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Notes |
Text in a secondary hand: Acts 27:33-40, fol. 152v |
Item Location | fol. 3r-151r |
Title | Missal |
Uniform Title | Missal (Ethiopian Rite) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Notes |
Supplied with musical notation; Space for names of the king and patriarchs filled with እገሌ (so-and-so), fol. 19r, 52r, and throughout |
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