Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Pickering, William T., 1798-1873.
Published / Created:
1864
Call Number:
WA MSS S-184
Collection Title:
William T. Pickering papers,
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence with President Abraham Lincoln relating to William Pickerings appointment as governor of Washington Territory and political conditions there.
Main works: Ff. 1r–8v: Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, መቅድመ ተአምረ ማርያም ዘሙዓልቃ; Ff. 9r–38r: Thirteen Miracles of Mary; Ff. 39r–52v: Image of Galawedéwos (Claudius), መልክአ ገላውዴዎስ; Ff. 53r–61v: Prayer to Saint Mary imploring her to bless the speaker in the various ways in which she has blessed others like Ephrem the Syrian, a priest from Rome; Ff. 63r–68r: Shorter Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, ስምዑ እነግረክሙ; Ff. 68v–73r: Prayer to Saint Mary on behalf of those who wrote the Miracles of Mary; F. 73r, bottom of second column: Chant to be recited after the reading of the Miracles of Jesus; Ff. 73v–82v: Two Miracles of Jesus Christ (beginning at 73v and 83v); Ff. 86rv: Chant to be recited before the reading of the miracle of Jesus., Manuscript In fair hand, in red and black, with f.1r in a Western hand, probably copied in the seventeenth century, and ff. 62 rv in a later hand, in Amharic, containing miracles of Mary., and Varia: Ff. 62rv: Greeting to Abrǝha and Aṣbǝḥa, written in a later hand, in Amharic; Ff. 87rv: Calendar of the monthly feasts for the Apostles; Ff. 87v (center)–88r (top): Calendar of the weevily and unweevily months, ሐሳበ ዕፀዋት ጽንዕት ወጽንጽንት; Ff. 87v (very bottom)–88r (bottom)–90v: Image of the suffering of Saint George, መልክዐ ሥቃዩ.
Description:
Bound in plain wooden boards; four chain stitches, in leather slip-case, with loops for missing carrying strap. Some holes and tears in parchment stitched back together. Sparse marginalia., Gift of Charles C. Torrey, 1950., In Geʼez or Amharic., Notes: F. i r(ecto): “Miracles of the Virgin” written in a Western hand; F. 12r and passim mention the owner, ገብራ ገላወዴዎስ; Blank: ff. i v(erso)–ii v(erso), the two folios (recto and verso) between numbered folios 52 and 53, 91r–92v., and Two columns (ff. 1r–86v); One column (ff. 87r–90v). 14 lines.
Ff. 1r–28v: Ordinary of the mass, beginning with Morning Prayer of the Covenant, with musical notation; ff. 28v–37v: Anaphora of the Apostles, ቅዳሴ ሐዋርያት, with musical notation; ff. 38r–39v: Anaphora of Gregory Nazanzia, ጎርጎርዮስ: ዘእንዚናዙ; ff. 41r–43r: Anaphora of Our Lord, ቅዳሴ እግዚእ. ff. 43r–44v: Anaphora of Dioscorus, ቅዳሴ ዲዮስቆሮስ; ff. 44v–51v: Anaphora of Our Lady Mary attributed to Cyriacus of Bəhənsa, ቅዳሴ ማርያም; ff. 52r–58r: Anaphora of John, Son of Thunder, ቅዳሴ ዮሐንስ ወልደ ነጐድጓድ; ff. 58r–63r: Anaphora of the 318 Orthodox Fathers, ቅዳሴ ዘሠለስቱ ምዕት; ff. 63v–67r: Anaphora of John Chrysostom, ቅዳሴ ዮሐንስ አፈወርቅ; ff. 67r–70v: Anaphora of Epiphanius, ቅዳሴ ኤጲፋንዮስ; ff. 71r–77v: Anaphora of Athanasius the Apostolic, ቅዳሴ አትናቴዎስ; ff. 78r–81v: Anaphora of Jacob of Serugh, ቅዳሴ ያዕቆብ ዘሥሩግ; ff. 82r–85r: Anaphora of Gregory, brother of Basil, ቅዳሴ ጎርጎርዮስ እኅወ ባስልዮስ; ff. 85r–91r: Anaphora of Basil of Caesarea, ቅዳሴ ባስልዮስ; ff. 91r–95r: Anaphora of Cyril of Alexandria, ቅዳሴ ቄርሎስ; ff. 95v–96r: blank folios; f. 96v: calendar of observation of canon law, written in a different hand. and Manuscript in an unidentified hand, containing a missal.
Description:
1721–1726 (f. 1r mentions the 7,221st year of creation [=1721], and “the month of February (Yakatit) ... in the time of our King, Bakafa [1721–1730]; f. 19v mentions Abba Petros = Peter VI, 1718–1726, and Abba Krestodolu III, 1720–1735; the overlap between the three dates—king, Coptic Patriarch, and Ethiopian Abuna—is 1721–1726); the colophon itself mentions the eighth year of Bakafa’s reign, i.e., 1729., F. 19v mentions Abba Petros = Peter VI, 1718–1726, and Abba Krestodolu III, 1720–1735. The overlap between the three dates (King and Coptic Patriarch and Ethiopian Abuna) is 1721–1726., In Geʻez., In wooden boards, with four chain stitches, leather bound, two columns, 22-23 lines per page, black and red ink. Fine fabric is visible between the pastedowns of the front and back covers. Double slip mahdar., and Introductory colophon to the manuscript: "In the name of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit, one God. How we remember the calculation of the year of our Lord Jesus Christ since we are in the year of Matthew the Evangelist, may He keep us until the year of Mark (the Evangelist), in the 7,221st year of creation [=1721], since there is no epact for [the ringing of] its bell, the month of February (Yakatit), the fourth day and seventh night, in the time of our King, Bakafa [1721-1730], in the eighth year after he became king, this book was written." [Text is damaged.]