[Zena nagaromu and hymns].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Ethiopic

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--Art.

Jesus Christ.

George, Saint, -303.

Crucifixion.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art.

Mary.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.

George, Saint, -303--Art.

George.

Hymns, Ethiopic.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ethiopian--Specimens.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ethiopian.

Trinity--Prayers and devotions.

Trinity.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

hymns

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- 20th century.

Manuscripts, Digital.

Finding tabs.

Prayers and devotions.

Specimens.

Art.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Penn Provenance:

Possible ownership stamp in purple ink (f. 85v); possible ownership inscription in the same blue ink as supplied rubrics (f. iv verso).

Sold in Cape Town, South Africa, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, April 1997.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Physical Description:

100 leaves : parchment ; 135 x 102 (83 x 80) mm bound to 140 x 115 mm

Place of Publication:

[Ethiopia], [between 1900 and 1925]

Language Note:

Ethiopic.

Summary:

Account of Creation by the Trinity (Zena nagaromu, f. 1r), followed by hymns (f. 20v, 29v, 38r, 47v, 60r, 85v). Notes added in a different hand in the top margin (indications of day of the week for readings) and at the end of some hymns (f. 38v, 59v); some erased rubrics supplied in blue ink by a modern hand (for example, f. 31r, 40v, 51v, 85v). In addition to the brown thread markers in the upper outer corners of 3 illuminations (f. 36r, 71r, 100r), 2 leaves have a bit of magenta fiber threaded through their side margins (f. 76, 85), which may have served as another form of finding tab.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Parchment, iv + 100 + iv; 1-10¹⁰.

Layout: Written in 2 columns of 14 lines; ruled in drypoint with vertical bounding lines; prickings visible on most leaves.

Script: Written in räqiq script.

Decoration: 4 full-page paintings on erased pages, of the Virgin and Child with archangels Michael and Gabriel (f. 2r); the Crucifixion with Mary and John (f. 36r); Saint George and the dragon (f. 71r); and the Annunciation (f. 100r), all but the first with thread markers on the upper outer corners of their leaves. Rubrication in red, with twin pairs of red lines separated by 2 or 3 black lines at the beginning of each hymn and significant words in red; rough decorative border (harag) in black and red at the top of the page at the beginning of 2 hymns (f. 1r, 38r).

Binding: 20th-century wood boards with exposed spine.

Origin: Written in Ethiopia in the early 20th century (possible colophon erased and illegible, f. 85v).

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited as:

Zena nagaromu and Hymns (LJS 102). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

849519596

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page