MANUSCRIPT
Melka Wudassie = Daily Prayer
- Date
- n.d. [16th-19th century]
- Reference
- MSR-43
- Description
Translation provided in August 2014 of the first four lines of text: In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen.
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Physical Description: Vellum, 154 leaves, bound; 155 x 110 mm. Double column, 20 lines, ruled in blind with text beginning above top ruled line, written space 120 x 75 mm; written in red and black ink.
Provenance: Created probably in Ethiopia (date unknown)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Manuscripts, Parchment, Vellum, 154 leaves, bound; 155 x 110 mm., Double column, 20 lines, ruled in blind with text beginning above top ruled line, written space 120 x 75 mm; written in red and black ink., Binding: wooden boards covered in patterned cloth, with additional covering of a red, black and white striped silk chemise with strap for carrying or attaching to a belt. Textblock sewn on four stations laced into the boards. Sections of the text are marked with small tufts of yellow, purple, red, and gren thread sewn into the vellum., Collation: 5 gatherings of 10 leaves, plus 1 gathering of 4 leaves (last 3 leaves blank).
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