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Country Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Tegrāy Province Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository Endā Abbā Garimā Monastery
Shelfmark C2-IV-30
Common Name Abbā Garimā Gospels 1
Current Status Unknown
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 177 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 6th-10th century (?)
Language(s) Ge'ez
Genre(s) Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s) Canon table(s); Decoration, Architectural; Decoration, Vegetative; Illumination; Miniature(s)
Notes

Two folios inserted into codex: fol. 41rv is a leaf from another manuscript with three other known extant leaves, this one containing Daniel 7:25-8:9; fol. 170rv is a leaf from another manuscript (possibly the same as that represented by fol. 6 in Abbā Garimā Gospels 2, see HMML project number AG 00002), bound in reversed, containing the end of the tituli to Matthew and Matthew 1:1-19.

Bibliography

Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice: The Synoptic Gospels. General Introduction - Edition of the Gospel of Mark, in Äthiopistische Forschungen 27 (1989); Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice. Part III: The Gospel of Matthew, in Aethiopistische Forschungen 55 (2001); Michael G. Wechsler, Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum, in CSCO 617 (2005)

Ext. Bibliography

William F. Macomber, "Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts... from microfilms in the collection of Dr. Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 1-4

 
Alt. Surrogate SEP DAVIES 00002
HMML Proj. Num.

AG 00001

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/132896
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Cataloged by Ted Erho
Surrogate Format Digital
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 177 leaf(ves)
Binding

Decorated metal over wood boards; central panel with cross front and back; holes in cover where decoration removed; spine label with manuscript title. Misbound: correct order of extant text is fol. 1-6, 8, 7, 21, 17-20, 22-25, 32-40, 15, 42-46, 61, 12, 16, 13-14, 26, 30-31, 29, 27, 47-54, 28, 55-60, 62-98, 102-104, 99-101, 105-143, 145-150, 144, 9, 151-163, 11, 164-169, 10, 171-177; fol. 15 and 17 bound in reversed.

Condition Notes

Imperfect: wanting leaves at end and after fol. 6, 10, 21, 156, 163, 174

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 1r-40v, 42r-169v, 171r-177v
Century(ies) 6th-10th century (?)
Year Range 500-1000
Support Parchment
Support Dimensions 35.3 x 26.4 cm
Page Layout 2 columns, 22 lines per page
Writing System Ethiopic
Decoration

Miniature of a tempietto on fol. 6r; decorated canon tables on fol. 2v-5v, 6v; architectural decoration on fol. 1r-2r

Item Location fol. 1r-40v, 42r-169v, 171r-177v
Title Gospels
Uniform Title Bible. Gospels Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Language(s) Ge'ez
Contents Detail

Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 1r-2r; Eusebian canons, fol. 2v-5v; Gospel of Matthew 1:19-4:19, 5:18-28:20, fol. 7r-8v, 12r-40v, 42r-58v, 61rv; tituli for Mark, fol. 58v-59r; Gospel of Mark, fol. 59r-60v, 62r-91r; tituli for Luke, fol. 91v-92v; Gospel of Luke, fol. 93r-143v, 145r; tituli for John, fol. 145rv; Gospel of John 1:1-7:8, 7:30-10:32, 11:13-15:4, 16:18-18:31, 19:24-21:1, fol. 9r-11v, 144r-169v, 171r-177v

Country Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Tegrāy Province Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository Endā Abbā Garimā Monastery
Shelfmark C2-IV-30
Common Name Abbā Garimā Gospels 1
Current Status Unknown
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 177 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 6th-10th century (?)
Language(s) Ge'ez
Genre(s) Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s) Canon table(s); Decoration, Architectural; Decoration, Vegetative; Illumination; Miniature(s)
Notes

Two folios inserted into codex: fol. 41rv is a leaf from another manuscript with three other known extant leaves, this one containing Daniel 7:25-8:9; fol. 170rv is a leaf from another manuscript (possibly the same as that represented by fol. 6 in Abbā Garimā Gospels 2, see HMML project number AG 00002), bound in reversed, containing the end of the tituli to Matthew and Matthew 1:1-19.

Bibliography

Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice: The Synoptic Gospels. General Introduction - Edition of the Gospel of Mark, in Äthiopistische Forschungen 27 (1989); Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice. Part III: The Gospel of Matthew, in Aethiopistische Forschungen 55 (2001); Michael G. Wechsler, Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum, in CSCO 617 (2005)

Ext. Bibliography

William F. Macomber, "Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts... from microfilms in the collection of Dr. Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 1-4

 
Alt. Surrogate SEP DAVIES 00002
HMML Proj. Num.

AG 00001

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/132896
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Cataloged by Ted Erho
Surrogate Format Digital
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 177 leaf(ves)
Binding

Decorated metal over wood boards; central panel with cross front and back; holes in cover where decoration removed; spine label with manuscript title. Misbound: correct order of extant text is fol. 1-6, 8, 7, 21, 17-20, 22-25, 32-40, 15, 42-46, 61, 12, 16, 13-14, 26, 30-31, 29, 27, 47-54, 28, 55-60, 62-98, 102-104, 99-101, 105-143, 145-150, 144, 9, 151-163, 11, 164-169, 10, 171-177; fol. 15 and 17 bound in reversed.

Condition Notes

Imperfect: wanting leaves at end and after fol. 6, 10, 21, 156, 163, 174

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 1r-40v, 42r-169v, 171r-177v
Century(ies) 6th-10th century (?)
Year Range 500-1000
Support Parchment
Support Dimensions 35.3 x 26.4 cm
Page Layout 2 columns, 22 lines per page
Writing System Ethiopic
Decoration

Miniature of a tempietto on fol. 6r; decorated canon tables on fol. 2v-5v, 6v; architectural decoration on fol. 1r-2r

Item Location fol. 1r-40v, 42r-169v, 171r-177v
Title Gospels
Uniform Title Bible. Gospels Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Language(s) Ge'ez
Contents Detail

Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 1r-2r; Eusebian canons, fol. 2v-5v; Gospel of Matthew 1:19-4:19, 5:18-28:20, fol. 7r-8v, 12r-40v, 42r-58v, 61rv; tituli for Mark, fol. 58v-59r; Gospel of Mark, fol. 59r-60v, 62r-91r; tituli for Luke, fol. 91v-92v; Gospel of Luke, fol. 93r-143v, 145r; tituli for John, fol. 145rv; Gospel of John 1:1-7:8, 7:30-10:32, 11:13-15:4, 16:18-18:31, 19:24-21:1, fol. 9r-11v, 144r-169v, 171r-177v

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