• Organ of Praise of the Virgin Mary (Argānona Weddāsē)

Description:
  • Parchment. 152 folios; 2 columns, 14 lines. Wooden boards, leather spine, skin case with strap.
  • Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Manuscripts.
Date:
  • 1670-1730
Range label:
  • Logical
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Title sort:
  • Organ of Praise of the Virgin Mary (Argānona Weddāsē)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Publisher:
  • [Ethiopia], [between 1670 and 1730]
Subject:
  • Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton
Language:
  • Geez
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/nc580r486
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Extent:
  • 1 item ; 16 x 16 cm
Call number:
  • Garrett Ethiopic Manuscripts no. 14
Spatial:
  • New Jersey
Contents:
  • 1. Folio 1r-v. Hymn of Praise (ʻesagged) to the Virgin Mary Along with a curse directed at those who would steal, erase, burn, or take the book by force.
  • 2. Folio 2r-4v. Three Miracles of the Virgin Mary
  • 3. Folio 5r-149r. Organ of Praise (Argānona Weddāsē) Marked for reading on each day of the week.
  • 4. Folio 149r-150v. Calendrical Notes
  • 5. Folio 150v-152v. Salām or Hymn of Salutation to St. George
Electronic locations:
Location:
  • MSS Garrett Ethiopic Manuscripts no. 14
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