ምዕራፍ፡ / Məʿrāf
· Attributed to Yārēd (traditional)
· Undated; traditionally attributed to Yārēd. The edition (Velat 1966) is based on manuscri…
· liturgy
· LIT3186Meeraf
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
Beta Masaheft records a full Ge'ez edition and a French translation, both by Bernard Velat in Patrologia Orientalis 33: 'Meʿerāf: Commun de l'office divin éthiopien pour toute l'année, Texte éthiopien avec variantes' (PO 33/1-2) and 'Études sur le Meʿerāf ... Introduction, traduction française, commentaire liturgique et musical' (PO 33) (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetaMasaheft/Works/master/3001-4000/LIT3186Meeraf.xml). There is no English entry. HOLLIS Primo returns only Velat's two volumes, catalogued 'gez;fre' (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Me%27eraf%20Ethiopian%20office&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 permalinks https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/alma990062313840203941 for the text and https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/alma990062286450203941 for the translation). Velat's monographs remain the standard treatment; his companion article 'Le mawāšeʾet et les livres de chant liturgique éthiopien' (1964) is also French.
The Məʿrāf is the chant book for the ferial office - the 'Common' of hymns and prayers appointed for the daily hours throughout the year - and is one of the core books of the Yaredian chant tradition. Velat prints the Ge'ez with variants (PO 33/1-2) and a French translation of the edited text (PO 33); English coverage is nil. The record's text divisions (vigils and feasts, with individual hymns for the vigil of John the Baptist etc.) show the scale of what remains untranslated.
Santayana, George 1863-1952, American. "Mermaid Club, Revere House, May 28, 1891 [To] Mr. Howe, [Color Sketch of Harvard Yard attributed to George Santayana on cover of Menu for Mermaid Club Dinner]." 1891. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/via/olvwork222746/catalog