Mazgaba Maṣāḥəft

CAe 2285

 

Titles

  • ሰቆቃወ፡ ድንግል፡, Saqoqāwa dǝngǝl, Lament on the Virgin
  • Elegy on the Virgin

Description

A Gǝʿǝz poem devoted to St Mary, which tells of her sorrow and distress caused by various tribulations the Holy Family experienced during the Flight to Egypt. According to the text, the exile lasted 42 months and ended with Herod’s death. It is chanted in the Liturgy of the Hours.

Contributors

  • Alessandro Bausi, general editor
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
  • Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor
  • Dorothea Reule, contributor

History

Former clavis numbers: 2987

  • Dorothea Reule on :
    Added information from deleted LIT2987RepCh268
  • Dorothea Reule on :
    Added bibliography
  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    added title abstract relation keywords
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo on :
    Created file from google spreadsheet
  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    CREATED: text record