Items

• An Amharic tract and miscellaneious magical writings
• Miracles of Abba Garima (fragment).

  Miracles of Abba Garima. Ff i, ii contain a note in German about Abba Garima and his church near Adwa, signed Schimper ( a botanist from Mannheimcf. Budge, History of Ethiopia, II, 491), dated Adwa, April '73 (1873).
• Miracles of the Blessed Virgin mary; Hymns etc.

  Hymns and prayers. Headings, proper names, and many catchwords in red throughout.
• Magical Scroll

  Owner: Beratu (a woman) Full of magical words and drawings
• Amulet

  Contents: Prayers against sickness, for the owner Amata Gabr'el. Various words and sentences are in Amharic, and there are many magical words. Some of the headings, names, and some other words are in red. A crude design of five faces in quincunx pattern occurs three times.
• Amulet

  Magical prayers and incantations, for the owner Bimeer Yohannes, whose name is written over that of the previous owner's erased name. There are many Amharic and magical words. Five pictures of demons in red, yellow, and black
• Amulet

  Contents: Prayers against devils and sickness, for the owner Walatta Sellase. Some of the headings, owner's name, and some other words are in red. At the top is a picture of two saints; lower down an angel, and lower still a saint, all very crudely drawn.
• LJefafa S' edek

  A Lefafa S'adak', similar to Or. 587 (but not in the usual strip-form equal to the length of the corpse). Ten prayers. Pages 1-20 numbered in Abyssinian numerals
• LJefafa S' edek

  Contents: A LJfafii S'adak', similar to Or. 587. The same fourteen prayers as in Or. 754, with slight variations; the prayer occurring in fourth position in Or. 754 and 755 is here placed ninth. The openings and Maryam in red. At the top is a cross, and at the foot are symbols of the Crucifixion, both crudely drawn in red and black.
• LJefafa S' edek

  The same fourteen prayers as in Or. 754, with slight variations. The openings and Maryam in red. At the top, and again below the ninth prayer, are three crosses; at the foot are symbols of the Crucifixion: all crudely drawn in red and black.
• LJefafa S' edek

  Contents: A Lefafii S'adak', similar to Or. 587. Fourteen prayers. The openings and Maryam in red. At the top is a cross, and at the foot are symbols of the Crucifixion, both crudely drawn in red and black.
• LJefafa S' edek

  Contents: A Lefafii S'athk', similar to Or. 587. Ten prayers. The openings, Maryam, and (in the third prayer) Mika'el in red
• LJefafa S' edek

  Magical writings: Contents: A Lefafii S' athk', a charm buried with the corpse, exactly equal to it in length, to ensure the entry of the defunct into heaven. Eleven prayers, two occupying one side, nine shorter ones on the reverse. The openings and Maryam in red.
• Me' dan ("Exhortations")
• Discourse on the Passion
• Nagara Maryam and Ra' ya Maryam.

  Contents: This extremely badly written Amharic MS. is divided into two parts: (a) An Amharicized form of the Niigiirii Maryam (whose text differs considerably from the G~\iz form-e.g. Wright (B.M.), ccxrr): ff. 3-31a. Name of scribe partly left blank: Walda ... ; name of owner: Gabra Maryam (£ 31a); (b) an Amharic version of the Vision of Mary (Ra' yii Maryam) which tallies very largely with Strelcyn, 620, 1. F£ 33-59a
• Homilies for festivals of St Michael, etc

  hymn, homilies, miracles, prayer
• Mazgabii K'alat

  Contents: An apologetic-homiletic discussion allegedly written by Alak' a Tayya, an early 20th-cent. Ethiopian scholar. The only indication as to A.T.'s possible authorship is a note on the front fly-leaf (written in Italian in an Ethiopian hand). The same fly-leaf also contains a fragmentary list of contents in Italian. Writings on religion rather than religious writings... Maybe not such a good fit...
• Sana Fat' rat
• Sana Fat' rat according to the Hexaemeron.

  Sana Fat' rat, an Amharic commentary on the first chapters of Genesis.
• K'alä Haymanot

  A codex containing K'alä Haymanot and A'madä Məst'ir. The work is in Amharic with introductory formulae in Ge'ez. 3r-53v
• Arganona Wəddase (incomplete)

  Contains a portion of the Arganona Wəddase.
• Arganona Wəddase (incomplete)

  An Ethiopian hymn book and an incomplete version of The Arganona Wəddase
• Prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Golgotha

  The ms includes the Prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Golgotha and three pictures: 1) f. 1v A saint with rosary and priest's crutch in red and black; f. 2r A processional cross, white on black; f. 32r: Virgin and Child, red and black. The name Walättä Giyorgis is found on f. 3r; the name Waldä Maryam is found on f. 31v, written over an erasure. 1r-34v
• Psalter & Ethiopian canticles

  A codex containing a Psalter, Canticles, the Song of Songs, and Ethiopian hymns.