Or. 1889 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: A codex containing a Psalter, Canticles, and Ethiopian hymns, with an unfinished drawing of King David and a cross design.
139v-158r
Title: Canticles
Language(s): Geez
140v-143r
Title: Prayer of Moses
Language(s): Geez
Deut 32
143v-144r
Title: Prayer of Hannah
Language(s): Geez
1 Sam 2
144b-144v
Title: Prayer of Hezekiah
Language(s): Geez
Isa 38
145r-145v
Title: Prayer of Menasseh
Language(s): Geez
146r-146r
Title: Prayer of Jonah
Language(s): Geez
Jonah 2
146v-147r
Title: Prayer of Daniel
Language(s): Geez
Dan 3
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 175 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 24.1 × 17.8 cm.
Layout
19-22 lines per leaf
Hand(s)
Bold, but undistinguished.
Decoration
- f. 3v Unfinished drawing of King David with his harp.
- f. 4r-4v Cross design.
- f. 158v Picture of the Virgin and Child in 'Celestial' Jerusalem.
Binding
Wooden boards covered with stamped leather and cloth lining.
History
Origin: 19th cent. CE; Ethiopia.
Provenance and Acquisition
From the library of the late Armbruster, C. H. (Carl Hubert), 1874-1957. Bought by Armbruster in Ethiopia in 1908.
Donated to Cambridge University by Armbruster on 19 August 1957.
Record Sources
Description based on Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library / by Edward Ullendorff and Stephen G. Wright; with a contribution by D.A. Hubbard.Cambridge University Press.1961
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact Cambridge University Library Admissions. Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library / by Edward Ullendorff and Stephen G. Wright ; with a contribution by D.A. Hubbard., Ullendorff, Edward (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1961)
Funding of Cataloguing
CUL
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