Collection of prayers of the prophets of the Old Testament (ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ስመከ፡ ...) in BLorient12859 and Strelcyn 1949

[CarstenHoffmannMarburg]

@eu-genia @nafisa-valieva @karljonaskarlsson

I found a collection of prayers from OT prophets in BLorient12859. Each one begins with ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ or ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ስመከ፡ ... Similar prayers can be found in BnF d'Abb. 270, BnF d'Abb. 107 and BnF éth. 320 (for none of these manuscripts have records been made yet) as reported and edited by S. Strelcyn in 1949 (bm:Strelcyn1949PriereFalacha).

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                            <title ref="LIT0000000000000000000000000000">Collection of prayers of the prophets of the Old Testament</title>
                            <note>The text is written under the twelfth and thirteenth pictures. Each prayer begins with 
                                <foreign xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡</foreign> (engl. "When he cried") or 
                                <foreign xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሑ፡</foreign> (engl. "When they cried") and is often continued with 
                                <foreign xml:lang="gez">ስመከ፡</foreign> (engl. "your name").</note>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Moses</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ሙሴ፡ ገበርከ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ጋዲን፡ ፈሊዖ፡</incipit>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Joshua</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወልደ፡ ነዌ፡ ውስተ፡ ሀገረ፡ ገባዖን፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ደርታን፡</incipit>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Elijah</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ኤልያስ፡ ስመከ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ አቅርያኖስ፡</incipit>
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                            <msItem xml:id="ms_i19.4">
                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Daniel</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ <supplied reason="omitted" resp="PRS8999Strelcyn">ጸርሐ፡ </supplied>ዳንኤል፡ ስመከ፡ እንዘ፡
                                    ይብል፡ ዝራኤል፡</incipit>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Manasseh</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ምናሴ፡ ስመከ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ቀለኤል፡</incipit>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of the Three Children</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሑ፡ አናንያ፡ ወአዛርያ፡ ወሚሳኤል፡ እንዘ፡ ይብሉ፡ ዳፋኤል፡</incipit>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of David</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ስመከ፡ ዳዊት፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ በለማዊፒሲል፡</incipit>
                                <textLang mainLang="gez"/>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Ezekiel</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ሕዝቅያስ፡ ስመከ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ወገላውዮስ፡</incipit>
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                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Jonah</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ስመከ፡ <sic>ዳዊት፡</sic> ዮናስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ዳላዊ፡</incipit>
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                            <msItem xml:id="ms_i19.10">
                                <title ref="LIT000000000000000000000000">Prayer of Jeremiah</title>
                                <incipit xml:lang="gez">ወሶበ፡ ጸርሐ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ስመከ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ <gap reason="ellipsis"/> ገደላፊል፡</incipit>
                                <note>Cf. S. Strelcyn, Sur une prière falacha publiée par C. Conti Rossini, RSE 8 (1949), pp. 63 sqq.</note>
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I would like to create a LIT ID for the collection with sub-IDs for the prayers attested in BLorient12859 and in BnF d'Abb. 270, BnF d'Abb. 107 and BnF éth. 320 as edited in Strelcyn 1949. As far as I can see, there is not record for these prayers, yet.

[eu-genia]

if this is a BE collection maybe it can be left for @SophiaD-M if she thinks this is among the mss of her interest;

my guess is that this is extracted (?) from the LIT1828Mahale, and then we already have CAe IDs for all these Old Testament prayers

[CarstenHoffmannMarburg]

If I understood Strelcyn correctly, this is a genuinely Christian text, that was redacted for Beta ʾƎsraʾel in some manuscripts.

[eu-genia]

Such is the situation of nearly all Beta Esrael texts. The most widely copied BE text is the Psalter. So are the prayers of the prophets of the Old Testament.