In fair hand, in red and black.

Ff. 1r-129v written in one column, ff. 130r-145r written in two columns. 22 lines. Some tears and holes in ms repaired by stitching. Some holes are written around, demonstrating that the parchment had gaps before use for writing. Sparse marginalia. Some wax stains.

In Geʼez.

F. 145r: note of ownership: "This book belongs to Zawaled (ዘወልደ) [...] and his son, Tasfa Ṣeyon (ተስፋ ጽዮን). Let whoever steals or erases it be cursed by the authority of Saint Peter and Saint Paul."

Gift of Charles C. Torrey, 1950.

The first work, ff. 1r–142v, is the Psalter, ዳዊት, in its standard five parts: 1) Ff. 1r–110r: One Hundred Fifty-One Psalms of David. F. 55r: The midpoint of the Psalter is unmarked. Psalm 151 is the short version. 2) Ff. 111r–122r: The Fifteen Biblical Canticles. Canticle 4 is Prayer of Hana, Mother of Samuel, prophet. 3) Ff. 122r–129r: Song of Songs, in the common version. 4) Ff. 130r–137v: Praises of Mary, arranged to begin on Monday and culminate on Sunday: Monday (130r), Tuesday (130v), Wednesday (132r), Thursday (133r), Friday (133v), Saturday (135r), Sunday (136v); 5) 138v–142v: Gate of light. The second work, ff. 142v–145r, is Image of Michael. There are two additional works written in a different hand: 1) F. 129v: Asmat prayer against a snake; and 2) F. 145v: Prayer of Faith (Ṣalota hayāmārot, incomplete).

Manuscript in an unidentified hand containing a psalter, canticles, Song of Songs, and praises of Mary.

Image of Michael, Malk‘a Mika’el is M. Chaîne, 'Répertoire des Salam et Malkeʼe contenus dans les manuscrits éthiopiens des bibliothèques d'Europe' 119, incipit : "Salām lazéker semek mesel sem leʼul zatasātafa" ("ሰላም ለዝክረ ስምከ ምስለ ስመ ልዑል ዘተሳተፈ".)

Psalter, hymns and prayers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Psalters - Ethiopia.

Manuscripts, Ethiopic - Ethiopia - 18th century.