Add. 1005 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: A codex containing a Psalter, Canticles, and the Song of Songs. Psalm 150 is followed by doxology with musical notation.
1r
Title: Ethiopic alphabet
Language(s): Geez
F. 1r contains part of the Ethiopic Alphabet written upsidedown in a crude hand.
2r-127v
Title: Psalms
Language(s): Geez
Pss 15, 16, 36, 58, 114-116, 125-127, 148, 150 are incorrectly numbered. Psalm 118 is unnumbered as usual. Pss 148-150 contain musical notation.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 148 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 18.1 × 15.6 cm.
Layout
18-19 lines per leaf
Hand(s)
Bold but poor with many corrections.
Binding
Plain boards, both cracked and crudely sewn.
History
Origin: 18th cent. CE; Ethiopia.
Provenance and Acquisition
Ethiopia
No aquisition information available.
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
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