Catalogue Of Some Selected Manuscripts In Beta Mariam Church (lalibelar)

This thesis presents a catalogue of 14 previously inaccessible and undocumented manuscripts'rnwhich are present in Beta marianl Church in Lalibela. All of the manuscripts are, "as usual; ..rnreligious in content. They are: I. Lectionary for Palm . Sunday and Passion Week (Homilies 'onrnthe Passion); 2. Funeral services; 3. Homilies for the ' Archangel Michael's fe stivals withrnMiracles of this Archangel; 4. The Book of Hexaemeron; 5. Miracle of Jesus; 6. The Book ofrnpenance;7. Arganond Woddase, or Arganond DongOl; 8. Baptism Ritual; 9. Three books of thernBible bound together (Samuel, Kings and Isaiah); 10. The Book of Baralam and YawasOf; ,rn11-12. Prayers of Incense; 13, The book of Chants (Mawaso't and Zommare), 14. The Book ofrnonqobiihare. .rnThe language of all but one of the manuscripts described 'in this catalogue is Go' oz; one .rnmanuscript, the book of Hexaemeron, is written predominantly in Amharic and partly ill Go' Oz.rnThis manuscript has colored illustrations in high standard traditional Ethiopian style.

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