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Manuscript of Hymns for the Funeral Ritual
(Ethiopia)
This small manuscript is a is a copy of the Mäwas??t, a book of hymns for the funeral ritual, copied in a late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century hand. The Mäwas??t is based on the Psalms of David. This book is remarkable becaue it contains musical notations. A series of interlinear signs, called melekket in Ge'ez, provide a mnemonic system that assists the singer in remembering the tunes of the melodies associated with the signs and applying them to the words below.
Provenance
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Given to Rev. R. K. Le Fleur, ca. 1970 (?); given to Walters Art Museum, 2014.
Geographies
Ethiopia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 13/16 × W: 3 9/16 × D: 1 15/16 in. (12.3 × 9 × 5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Rev. R. K. Le Fleur, 2014
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.931