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Psalms and other texts (MS M.678).

Accession number
MS M.678
Object title
Psalms and other texts (MS M.678).
Created
Ethiopia, 17th and/or 18th century
Binding
18th-century brown morocco over heavy boards, blind tooled, with Latin cross in central panel of both covers; in a double case of brown leather with long ties.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1923.
Description
190 leaves (1 column (fol. 1-170); 2 columns (fol. 171-190)) : vellum ; 167 x 140 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy in April 1923.
Notes
Ethiopian ms. psalms, canticles and hymns; written in Ethiopia in the 17th and/or 18th century.
Texts: Psalms 1-151 (fol. 1-145v); Biblical canticles (fol. 145-161v); Canticle of Canticles (fol. 162-170); Weddase Maryam (hymns to Our Lady Mary for each day of the week) fol. 171-182; another hymn to the Blessed Virgin (fol. 182v-187); praise to God (fol. 187v-190).
Musical notation: ekphonic notation.
Script
gwelh
Language
Ethiopic
Century
Classification