Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 2338: Ethiopian liturgical manuscript. University of Pennsylvania 2026-06-17 2026-06-17 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2338: Ethiopian liturgical manuscript. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2338 9979215021803681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1551449676 Manuscript copy of the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, with a cross in square diagram (p. 255). Ethiopic Ethiopian liturgical manuscript. YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān former owner Mātéwos, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, approximately 1843-1926 former owner Mercer, Samuel A. B. 1880-1969 former owner Endowment for Biblical Research former owner Newberry Library

parchment

 131 leaves : 165 x 115 (120 x 90) mm bound to 170 x 115 mm

Parchment, 131; 1⁴⁻¹(-2) 2-13¹⁰ 14⁸: [i-vi, 1-256], modern pagination in pencil, upper center.

 Written in 2 columns of 23 lines; ruled in hard point with vertical bounding lines; pricking visible in outer margins throughout and in upper and lower margins occasionally. Written in Ge'ez (or Ethiopic) script. Cross in square diagram in red and black ink (p. 255); text in black and red ink throughout. Cross diagram in red and black ink

Ethiopian or Coptic binding with wooden covers, chain stitch sewing, and uncovered spine. Repaired since 1985, when the description in the Endowment for Biblical Research catalog noted that the back cover was detached and that a string bundle bookmark, no longer with the manuscript, was attached.

Written in Ethiopia before 1914, probably in the 19th century (Mercer).

before 1914 Ethiopia Gift of Abuna Mātéwos, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, to Samuel A. B. Mercer, professor of Hebrew and Old Testament literature at Western Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1914; Mercer Ms. Eth. 3 (Mercer note in ink, p. i). Gift of Samuel A. B. Mercer to the Zion Research Library (Brookline, Massachusetts; in 1976 renamed the Endowment for Biblical Research), through Marguerite A. Smith, Librarian (Mercer note in ink, p. i); held in that library through at least 1985 (MS 20). Formerly held by the Newberry Library (Chicago) and deaccessioned in the 1990s. Sold by Sam Fogg (London), 2023. YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān--Liturgy--Texts codices (bound manuscripts) diagrams Liturgical books Manuscripts, Ethiopic--19th century Manuscripts, Ethiopic--20th century