Ethiopian Homilies [004]

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Quire 2-10: ff6-90; 16 lines; 17th-18th c.; Part II: Dirsana Mika'el (Prayers to St. Michael) with other discourses on the Saint, and accounts of forty of his miracles (divided by rubric into 26 divisions): ff6-18 Dirsana Mika'el, ff22-24 Supplication, ff24-31 Miracles, ff31-35 Exhortation for Commemoration of the 7 Guardian Angels, ff53-73 Miracles, ff73-81 Discourse of Timothy of Jerusalem, ff81-88 Discourse of John, Bishop of Akuesum, ff88-90 Miracle of Mika'el. Ownership information: Walda Maryan original owner, and Kidana Maryan (in brown ink) thereafter., This Manuscript, Written in Ge'ez, depicts prayer to and commentary regarding St. Michael. Additionally part 3 focuses on the Archangel Rufa'el and his miracles., Binding: Oak boards covered with polished brown calf paneled in blind on both covers with 3 ornamental borders. Botonee Cross in the center. Spine tooled in blind with triple fillets forming a hatch pattern. Spine partly detached, with visible sewing structure., Quire 1: ff3-5; 22-27 lines; 19th c.; Part I: Hymn to Mika'el (Archangel Michael). Ownership information: Dadalla Maryan and her three sons: Kidana Maryan, Walda Takla Maryan and Gabra Madhen., Decoration: 3 colored paintings 1. Michael on a pale horse over a dragon saving Berutawit. 2. Madonna and child flanked by angels offering flowers. Infant Jesus holds a book. 3. Raphael standing over prostate patron of book, likely Kidana Maryan., Collation: I⁴(+1), II-III¹⁰, IV-I⁸, VI-VIII¹⁰, IX⁸, X¹², XI-XIV¹⁰, XV⁸(+1). No flyleaves, running titles, signatures, catchwords, or numbering., Quire 11-15: ff92-136;; 20 lines; 18th-19th c.; Part III: ff92-108v Discourse of St. John Chrysostom for the festival of Archangel Rapha'el, ff108v-136v: Miracles of Rafa'el. f136r: Hymns to Rufa'el. Ownership information: Fesseha Krestos Petromya and his son Walda Rufael. Secondary owner Kidana Maryan and his wife, Kabrta Salasie., Handwritten leaf tipped on inside front cover [translated from French]: This Manuscript Belonged to Colonel Gally-Passebosc, killed by the savages of New Caldonia in 1878. This officer had been one of the expedition sent by the English against King Theodore (of Abyssinia) He took possession, after the defeat of that prince, of the tapis (carpet) on which he made his prayers, his shield, and this manuscript. Printed catalog description tipped on inside back cover cites Goodspeed description No. 5393, and states that the other Ethiopic manuscripts secured at this time were presented by this officer to the Bibliotheque Nationale., and Script: Ge'ez Ethiopic Majuscule. In 3 hands of different periods with additions of a fourth of ownership.
Subject:
Bible--Paraphrases, Manuscripts, Ethiopic, and Illumination of books and manuscripts
Date:
1650/1860
License:
Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Rights Holder:
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Rights:
No Copyright - United States
Use Restrictions:
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Title:
Ethiopian Homilies [004]
Language:
Geez [gez]
Provenance:
Kidana Maryam/Walda Maryam as original patron fesha krestos, patromija, Walda Rufa'el, Tsadala Maryam to Kidana Maryam. King Theodore of Abyssinia to Col. Gally-Passebosc, to Bibliotheque Nationale. It is noted in Catalogs of Maisonnelle, Paris(1881-82), to Wilberforce Eames. Edward Sanford Burgess purchased through the Anderson Sale, 1907.
Media:
Image
Work Type:
manuscripts (documents)
Collections:
University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Location:
Mek’dela >> Amhara >> Ethiopia
Repository:
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives