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Ethiopia
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City |
Tegrāy Province
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Repository |
Gunda Gundē Monastery
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Shelfmark | C3-IV-154 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 98 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Sermons |
Notes |
Schneider, no. 67 |
Bibliography |
Antonio Mordini, "Il convento di Gunde Gundiè," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 12 (1953): 50 (probably no. 122); Maurice Gaguine, “The Falasha Version of the Testaments of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: A Critical Study of Five Unpublished Ethiopic Manuscripts with Introduction, Translation and Notes” (PhD diss.; University of Manchester, 1965), p. 5-6; André Caquot, “Une homélie éthiopienne attribuée à Saint Mari Éphrem sur le séjour d’Abraham et Sara en Égypte,” in Mélanges Antoine Guillaumont, Cahiers d’orientalisme 20 (1988), p. 173-85; Martin Heide, Die Testamente Isaaks und Jakobs, in Aethiopistische Forschungen, no. 56 (2000); Martin Heide, Das Testament Abrahams, in Aethiopistische Forschungen, no. 76 (2012); Ted Erho, “New Ethiopic Witnesses to some Old Testament Pseudepigrapha,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 76 (2013): 93 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
GG 00016 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/133110 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized by Ewa Balicka-Witakowska and Michael Gervers. Cataloged by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2006/10/31 |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 98 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Wooden boards. Misbound: fol. 29-36 should follow fol. 52 |
Binding Dimensions | 11 x 10 x 5.7 cm |
Provenance |
Comissioned by Zawalda Māryām, fol. 5r, 147v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 5r-97r |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 1 column, 13-17 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |

Item Location | fol. 5r-20v |
Title | Homily on Abraham and Sarah in Egypt |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ድርሳን ፡ ዘይቤ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ማሪ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ ሶርያዊ ። በእንተ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ አበ ፡ አበው ፡ ዓርከ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ሳራ ፡ ብእሲቱ ። እንበይነ ፡ በዓቶሙ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ… እስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይትባረክ ፡ ስሙ ፡ ወይትሌዓል ፡ ዝክሩ ፡ ፈድፋደ ። ግብሩ ፡ ወልማዱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያሜክር ፡ ኄራነ ፡ ወእኩያነኒ ፡ ዓዲ… |
Item Location | fol. 21r-28v, 37r-47v |
Title | Testament of Abraham |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ አብርሃም |
Uniform Title |
Testament of Abraham
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Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name | Salāmā II, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, -1388 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ዝውእቱ ፡ ፍልሰቶሙ ፡ ወፀአቶሙ ፡ ለአበው ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ወያዕቆብ… ወሶበ ፡ ቀርበ ፡ ወበጽሐ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ አቡነ ፡ አብርሃም ። ፈነወ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኃቤሁ ፡ ሚካኤልሃ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ከመ ፡ ያዑቆ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ፀአቱ ፡ እምሥጋሁ… |
Item Location | fol. 29r-36v, 48r-58r |
Title | Testament of Isaac |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ይስሐቅ |
Uniform Title |
Testament of Isaac
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Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name | Salāmā II, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, -1388 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ዝንቱ ፡ ዕረፍቱ ፡ ለአብ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ወፍልሰቱ ፡ እምሥጋሁ ፡ አመ ፡ ፳ወ፰ዕለት ፡ እምነሐሴ ። ሰላመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይከድን ፡ ለኵልነ ፡ አሜን ። ወአሜን ። አብሰ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ጸሐፈ ፡ ትእዛዞ ፡ ወረሰየ ፡ ነገሮ ፡ ትአምርተ ፡ ለወልዱ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ዘይትለጸቅ… |
Item Notes |
Order is fol. 48r-52v, 29r-36v, 53r-58r |
Item Location | fol. 58v-74r |
Title | Testament of Jacob |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ያዕቆብ |
Uniform Title |
Testament of Jacob
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Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name | Salāmā II, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, -1388 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ዝውእቱ ፡ ዕረፍቱ ፡ ለአቡነ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዘተሰምየ ፡ እስራኤል ። ወፍልሰቱ ፡ እምሥጋሁ ፡ አመ ፡ ፳ወ፰ ፡ ለወርኃ ፡ ነሐሴ ። ሰላመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይከድን ፡ ለኵልነ ፡ አሜን ። ወሶበ ፡ ቀርበት ፡ ወበጽሐት ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ አበ ፡ አበው ፡ ወልደ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወልደ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይፍልስ ፡ እምሥጋሁ… |
Item Location | fols. 74v-80v |
Title | Image of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ሰላም ፡ ለዝክረ ፡ ሰምክሙ ፡ ዘእምቅድመ ፡ ዓለም ፡ ኅሩይ ። ወለሥዕርትክሙ ፡ ሰላም ፡ በቅብዓ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ሲሩይ ። አብርሃም ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ወያዕቆብ ፡ ምስካይ ። ዘተውህበክሙ ፡ በረከተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወሰማይ ። ሲሳየ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ሀቡኒ ፡ ለብእሲ ፡ ነዳይ… |
Item Location | fol. 81v-89v |
Title | Image of the Church |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ተመርኆተ ፡ ከመ ፡ ቀደመ ፡ እምሐይመተ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወሳራ ። ወትሩፋቲሃ ፡ ተየድዓ ፡ እመልከ ፡ ጼዴቅ ፡ ወዛራ ። ቤተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ ድኅረ ፡ ንስተተ ፡ ቤት ፡ ወደብተራ ። እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዲበ ፡ ተልፍዮስ ፡ ሳረራ ። ሎቱ ፡ ለባሕቲቱ ፡ ትኵኖ ፡ ለግሙራ… |
Item Notes |
Chaîne, no. 293 |
Item Location | fol. 89v-90v |
Title | Greeting to the Church |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ሰለም ፡ ለኪ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ቤተ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ወሬዛ ። አመ ፡ ሞተ ፡ ለኪ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ለቤዛ ፤ ዘፈረኪ ፡ ፍሬ ፡ መዓዛ ፤ ሰላም ፡ ለኪ ። ዘቀደስኪ ፡ አምላክ ፡ በደመ ፡ ገቦሁ ፡ ፀዓዳ… |
Item Notes |
Chaîne, no. 93 |
Item Location | fol. 91r-97r |
Author |
Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, approximately 370-444
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Title | Homily on religious instruction before baptism |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ትምህርተ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ዘነበበ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ቄርሎስ ፡ በውስተ ፡ መጽሐፉ ፡ ዘሰሙ ፡ አርማስ ። ትምህርት ፡ ለንኡስ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ያጥምቅዎሙ ፤ ለእመ ፡ ኢበጽሑ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ፍጻሜ ፡ ፍጹም… |
Item Notes |
Excerpted from the Haymānota Abaw |

Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Tegrāy Province
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Repository |
Gunda Gundē Monastery
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Shelfmark | C3-IV-154 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 98 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Sermons |
Notes |
Schneider, no. 67 |
Bibliography |
Antonio Mordini, "Il convento di Gunde Gundiè," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 12 (1953): 50 (probably no. 122); Maurice Gaguine, “The Falasha Version of the Testaments of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: A Critical Study of Five Unpublished Ethiopic Manuscripts with Introduction, Translation and Notes” (PhD diss.; University of Manchester, 1965), p. 5-6; André Caquot, “Une homélie éthiopienne attribuée à Saint Mari Éphrem sur le séjour d’Abraham et Sara en Égypte,” in Mélanges Antoine Guillaumont, Cahiers d’orientalisme 20 (1988), p. 173-85; Martin Heide, Die Testamente Isaaks und Jakobs, in Aethiopistische Forschungen, no. 56 (2000); Martin Heide, Das Testament Abrahams, in Aethiopistische Forschungen, no. 76 (2012); Ted Erho, “New Ethiopic Witnesses to some Old Testament Pseudepigrapha,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 76 (2013): 93 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
GG 00016 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/133110 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized by Ewa Balicka-Witakowska and Michael Gervers. Cataloged by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2006/10/31 |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 98 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Wooden boards. Misbound: fol. 29-36 should follow fol. 52 |
Binding Dimensions | 11 x 10 x 5.7 cm |
Provenance |
Comissioned by Zawalda Māryām, fol. 5r, 147v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 5r-97r |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 1 column, 13-17 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Item Location | fol. 5r-20v |
Title | Homily on Abraham and Sarah in Egypt |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ድርሳን ፡ ዘይቤ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ማሪ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ ሶርያዊ ። በእንተ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ አበ ፡ አበው ፡ ዓርከ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ሳራ ፡ ብእሲቱ ። እንበይነ ፡ በዓቶሙ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ… እስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይትባረክ ፡ ስሙ ፡ ወይትሌዓል ፡ ዝክሩ ፡ ፈድፋደ ። ግብሩ ፡ ወልማዱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያሜክር ፡ ኄራነ ፡ ወእኩያነኒ ፡ ዓዲ… |
Item Location | fol. 21r-28v, 37r-47v |
Title | Testament of Abraham |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ አብርሃም |
Uniform Title |
Testament of Abraham
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Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name | Salāmā II, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, -1388 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ዝውእቱ ፡ ፍልሰቶሙ ፡ ወፀአቶሙ ፡ ለአበው ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ወያዕቆብ… ወሶበ ፡ ቀርበ ፡ ወበጽሐ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ አቡነ ፡ አብርሃም ። ፈነወ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኃቤሁ ፡ ሚካኤልሃ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ከመ ፡ ያዑቆ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ፀአቱ ፡ እምሥጋሁ… |
Item Location | fol. 29r-36v, 48r-58r |
Title | Testament of Isaac |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ይስሐቅ |
Uniform Title |
Testament of Isaac
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Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name | Salāmā II, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, -1388 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ዝንቱ ፡ ዕረፍቱ ፡ ለአብ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ወፍልሰቱ ፡ እምሥጋሁ ፡ አመ ፡ ፳ወ፰ዕለት ፡ እምነሐሴ ። ሰላመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይከድን ፡ ለኵልነ ፡ አሜን ። ወአሜን ። አብሰ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ጸሐፈ ፡ ትእዛዞ ፡ ወረሰየ ፡ ነገሮ ፡ ትአምርተ ፡ ለወልዱ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ዘይትለጸቅ… |
Item Notes |
Order is fol. 48r-52v, 29r-36v, 53r-58r |
Item Location | fol. 58v-74r |
Title | Testament of Jacob |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ያዕቆብ |
Uniform Title |
Testament of Jacob
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Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name | Salāmā II, Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, -1388 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ዝውእቱ ፡ ዕረፍቱ ፡ ለአቡነ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዘተሰምየ ፡ እስራኤል ። ወፍልሰቱ ፡ እምሥጋሁ ፡ አመ ፡ ፳ወ፰ ፡ ለወርኃ ፡ ነሐሴ ። ሰላመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይከድን ፡ ለኵልነ ፡ አሜን ። ወሶበ ፡ ቀርበት ፡ ወበጽሐት ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ አበ ፡ አበው ፡ ወልደ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወልደ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይፍልስ ፡ እምሥጋሁ… |
Item Location | fols. 74v-80v |
Title | Image of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ሰላም ፡ ለዝክረ ፡ ሰምክሙ ፡ ዘእምቅድመ ፡ ዓለም ፡ ኅሩይ ። ወለሥዕርትክሙ ፡ ሰላም ፡ በቅብዓ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ሲሩይ ። አብርሃም ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ወያዕቆብ ፡ ምስካይ ። ዘተውህበክሙ ፡ በረከተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወሰማይ ። ሲሳየ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ሀቡኒ ፡ ለብእሲ ፡ ነዳይ… |
Item Location | fol. 81v-89v |
Title | Image of the Church |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ተመርኆተ ፡ ከመ ፡ ቀደመ ፡ እምሐይመተ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወሳራ ። ወትሩፋቲሃ ፡ ተየድዓ ፡ እመልከ ፡ ጼዴቅ ፡ ወዛራ ። ቤተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ ድኅረ ፡ ንስተተ ፡ ቤት ፡ ወደብተራ ። እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዲበ ፡ ተልፍዮስ ፡ ሳረራ ። ሎቱ ፡ ለባሕቲቱ ፡ ትኵኖ ፡ ለግሙራ… |
Item Notes |
Chaîne, no. 293 |
Item Location | fol. 89v-90v |
Title | Greeting to the Church |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ሰለም ፡ ለኪ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ቤተ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ወሬዛ ። አመ ፡ ሞተ ፡ ለኪ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ለቤዛ ፤ ዘፈረኪ ፡ ፍሬ ፡ መዓዛ ፤ ሰላም ፡ ለኪ ። ዘቀደስኪ ፡ አምላክ ፡ በደመ ፡ ገቦሁ ፡ ፀዓዳ… |
Item Notes |
Chaîne, no. 93 |
Item Location | fol. 91r-97r |
Author |
Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, approximately 370-444
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Title | Homily on religious instruction before baptism |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ… ትምህርተ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ዘነበበ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ቄርሎስ ፡ በውስተ ፡ መጽሐፉ ፡ ዘሰሙ ፡ አርማስ ። ትምህርት ፡ ለንኡስ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ያጥምቅዎሙ ፤ ለእመ ፡ ኢበጽሑ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ፍጻሜ ፡ ፍጹም… |
Item Notes |
Excerpted from the Haymānota Abaw |
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