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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Arsi Province
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Repository |
Dabra Ṣeyon Māryām Monastery
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Common Name | Tulloo Guddoo Book of Saints |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 165 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 14th-15th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies; Sermons |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Architectural; Illumination; Miniature(s) |
Bibliography |
Sergew Hable-Selassie, "Lists of Manuscripts of Some Churches in Shewa Province," (1971), 40; Getatchew Haile, "The Homily of Abba Elǝyas, Bishop of Aksum, on Mäṭṭa'," Analecta Bollandiana 108 (1990): 29-47; Gianfanco Fiaccadori, "Aethiopica Minima," Quaderni Utinensi 7.13/14 (1989 [pub. 1993]), 145-164; Ugo Zanetti, Saint Jean, higoumène de Scété (VIIe siècle). Vie arabe et épitomé éthiopien, in Subsidia hagiographica 94 (2015). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 7602 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201129 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 165 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Leather over wood boards |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning; water stains |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-159r |
Century(ies) | 14th-15th century |
Year Range | 1379-1413 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 56.2 x 41 cm |
Page Layout | 3 columns, 38-40 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Associated Name |
Dāwit, Emperor of Ethiopia, -1413
(Commissioner)
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Decoration |
Miniature of Mark of Tarmaqa on fol. 1v; miniature of Shenoute on fol. 7v; miniature of Pshoi on fol. 38v; miniature of Euphrasia on fol. 56v; miniature of Yāsāy on fol. 73v; miniature of Panṭalēwon on fol. 82v; miniature of Alexis on fol. 89v; miniature of Hilarion on fol. 95v; miniature of Yoḥanni on fol. 107v; miniature of Daniel of Scetis and Emperor Honorius on fol. 109v; miniature of Marina on fol. 113v; miniature of Pidjimi on fol. 118v; miniature of John of Scetis on fol. 123v; miniature of Libānos on fol. 125v; miniature of Archelides on fol. 128v; miniature of Abraham of Qidun on fol. 131v; miniature of Maximus and Domitius on fol. 140v; ḥarag on fol. 2r, 8r, 39r, 57r, 74r, 83r, 90r, 96r, 108r, 110r, 114r, 119r, 124r, 126r, 129r, 132r, 141r |

Item Location | fol. 1r |
Title | Conclusion of an unidentifiable text |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Location | fol. 2r-6v |
Title | Life of Mark of Tarmaqa |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ አባ ፡ ማርቆስ ፡ ዘደብረ ፡ ቶርመቅ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ሮምያ ፡ ወስመ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ፈራሄ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ዘቦቱ ፡ ሃይማኖተ ፡ ርትዕተ ፡ ወስመ ፡ እሙ ፡ ሳራ ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ሮምያ ፡ |
Item Notes |
For 29 Sanē |
Item Location | fol. 8r-38r |
Author |
Besa, Abbot of Athripe, active 5th century
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Title | Life of Shenoute |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ሲኖዳ |
Uniform Title |
Besa, Abbot of Athripe, active 5th century. Sinuthii archimandritae vita
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Alternate Title | Gadla Sinodā |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ዝንቱ ፡ ገድል ፡ ቀሊል ፡ እምነገር ፡ ወኀይላት ፡ ወእመንክራት ፡ ዘአቡነ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ነቢይ ፡ አርሳይመትርይድስ ፡ አቡነ ፡ አባ ፡ ሰኑድዮስ ፡ ዘውእቱ ፡ ብሂል ፡ ርእሰ ፡ መነኮሳት ፡ ባሕታዊያን ። |
Item Notes |
For 7 Ḥamlē |
Item Location | fol. 39r-56r |
Title | Life of Pshoi |
Uniform Title | Life of Pshoi |
Associated Name |
John, the Little, approximately 339-409
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ዘአቡነ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ መንፈሳዊ ፡ ባሕታዊ ፡ ጽሩይ ፡ ወንጹሕ ፡ አቡነ ፡ አባ ፡ ብሶይ ፡ ዘነበረ ፡ ግብጸ ፡ ወተጽሕፈ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ ዕረፍቱ ፡ በእደ ፡ ቀሲስ ፡ ንጹሕ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ ንኡስ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ እኁሁ ። |
Item Notes |
For 8 (here 7) Ḥamlē |
Item Location | fol. 57r-73r |
Title | Life of Euphrasia of Constantinople |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ሥነ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ወምግባር ፡ ዘቅድስት ፡ ወብፅዕት ፡ ድንግል ፡ ኤዎጰራክስያ ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ ወኄር ፡ ወፈራሄ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ታዶሲ ፡ ንጉሥ ። ወሀሎ ፡ አሓዱ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ በመዋዕለ ፡ መንግሥቱ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ አንጢጎኖስ ፡ አንገቤናይ ፡ ዘአዝማዲሁ ፡ ለንጉሥ ፡ |
Item Notes |
For 2 Naḥasē |
Item Location | fol. 74r-82r |
Title | Life of Yāsāy, the orthodox king of Rome |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ያሳይ |
Alternate Title | Gadla Yāsāy |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ ያሳይ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ሮም ፡ ጸሎቱ ፡ ወበረከቱ ፡ ትብጽሐነ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ኅሠሥነ ፡ ኪያሁ ፡ አሜን ፡ ወአሜን ። ስምዑ ፡ አኃዊየ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ተጋደለ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ ያሳይ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ በመንግሥቱ ፡ ኢያጥረየ ፡ መዐተ ፡ እምአፉሁ ፡ ወኢዘበጠ ፡ በእደዊሁ ፡ ወኢዘመወ ፡ በሥጋሁ ፡ እስመ ፡ ብዙኅ ፡ አሕማሪሁ ፡ ለዝሙት ፡ ዘይነሥእ ፡ ብእሲተ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘመወ ፡ ወዘያፈቅር ፡ ንዋየ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ውእቱሂ ፡ ዘመወ ። |
Item Notes |
For 9 Maskaram |
Item Location | fol. 83r-89v |
Author |
Retu'a Hāymānot, Metropolitan of Aksum
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Author NS | ርቱዐ ፡ ሃይማኖት |
Title | Gadla Panṭalēwon |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ጰንጠሌዎን |
Uniform Title |
Retu'a Hāymānot, Metropolitan of Aksum. Gadla P̣anṭaléwon
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Alternate Title | Life of Panṭalēwon of Ethiopia |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድሉ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ ጰንጠሌዎስ ፡ ዘጾማዕት ፡ ዘብሔረ ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ፡ ዘደረሰ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘተሠይመ ፡ ጳጳስ ፡ ዘአክሱም ፡ |
Item Notes |
For 6 Ṭeqemt |
Item Location | fol. 90r-95v |
Title | Life of Alexis |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ክርስቶስ |
Uniform Title | Vita Sancti Alexii VIAF |
Alternate Title | Life of Gabra Krestos |
Alternate Title | Gadla Gabra Krestos |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንጽሐፍ ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ዜናሁ ፡ ለቅዱስ ፡ ብእሴ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ገብረ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ቴዎዶስዮስ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ ። |
Item Notes |
For 14 Ṭeqemt |
Item Location | fol. 96r-107v |
Author |
Jerome, -419 or 420
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Title | Life of Hilarion |
Uniform Title |
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. Vita S. Hilarionis Eremitae
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | እንዘ ፡ ሀሎኩ ፡ እጽሕፍ ፡ ሕይወቶ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ አባ ፡ ኤላርዮን ፡ እንተ ፡ ኅደረት ፡ ዲቤሁ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ እጼውዕ ፡ እስመ ፡ ለዝክቱ ፡ ጽንዐ ፡ ጸገወት ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ሊተኒ ፡ ለዜንዎ ፡ ቃል ፡ ይትወሀበኒ ። ከመ ፡ በቃላት ፡ ምግባራት ፡ የዐሪ ፡ እስመ ፡ ለዘ ፡ ከመዝ ፡ ሥን ፡ መጠኔዝ ፡ ትከውን ፡ በከመ ፡ ይቤ ፡ ቅሪስጾስ ፡ በአምጣነ ፡ ይክሉ ፡ አልዕሎታ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ወፍጥረት ። |
Item Notes |
For 23 Ṭeqemt |
Item Location | fol. 108r-109r |
Author | Minās, Bishop of Aksum, active approximately 6th century |
Author NS | ሚናስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘአክሱም |
Title | Homily on Abbā Yoḥanni |
Uniform Title | Minās, Bishop of Aksum, active approximately 6th century. Homily on Abbā Yoḥanni |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ወቅዱስ ፡ ሚናስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘአክሱም ፡ በእንተ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ አባ ፡ ዮሐኒ ። ሶበ ፡ ተዝካረ ፡ ጻድቃነ ፡ ንዜከር ፡ ሶቤሃኬ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ምግባረ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ናጥሪ ፡ ሰሚዐነ ፡ ሥነ ፡ ሕይወቶሙ ፡ በአሚን ፡ ኑዛዜ ፡ ንርከብ ፡ እስመ ፡ ይቤ ፡ በምሳልያተ ፡ ሰሎሞን ፡ ዝከረ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ውዳሴ ፡ ወይትጌበር ፡ እስመ ፡ ዘይዜክሮሙ ፡ ቦቱ ፡ አርአያ ፡ እምቅዱሳት ፡ መጻሕፍት ፡ ከመ ፡ ያእምር ፡ ልቡና ። |
Item Notes |
For 5 Ḫedār |
Item Location | fol. 110r-113v |
Title | Life of Daniel of Scetis and Emperor Honorius |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ ዳንኤል ፡ ዘተጋደለ ፡ በገዳመ ፡ አስቄጢስ ፡ ዘጸሐፈ ፡ መቃሪ ፡ ካህን ። ኦአኀው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ ስምዑ ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ቃላተ ፡ ዘውስተዝ ፡ መጽሐፍ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ተጋደለ ፡ ፵ወ፬፡ ዓመተ ፡ ወመንፈቀ ፡ ዓመተ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ኢይጥዕም ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ ወዓሣ ፡ ወመዓረ ፡ ወዘይተ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ቈጽለ ፡ ዕፀው ፡ ወማይ ፡ ባሕቲቱ ። |
Item Notes |
For 16 Ḫedār; composed by the priest Maqāri |
Item Location | fol. 114r-117v |
Title | Life of Eugene and his daughter Marina |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንቅድም ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ አግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ንጽሐፍ ፡ ዜናሁ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ አውጌንዮስ ፡ ወዘንጽሕት ፡ ወለቱ ፡ እንተ ፡ ተመሰለት ፡ በአምሳለ ፡ ኅፅው ፡ ወስማሂ ፡ እንባምሬና ፡ ወእኒ ፡ ቡርክት ፡ እንተ ፡ ስማ ፡ ማርታ ፡ ወጻድቃን ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ወየሐውሩ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ገቢረ ፡ ሕጉ ፡ ወትእዛዛቲሁ ። |
Item Notes |
For 8 Tāḫśāś |
Item Location | fol. 119r-123r |
Title | Life of Pidjimi |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ በኪሞስ ፡ ፈላሲ ፡ መስተጋድል ፡ በሰላመ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ አሜን ። ገድል ፡ መንክር ፡ ለዘ ፡ ይሰምዖ ፡ ወተግሣጽ ፡ ለፅዑራን ፡ ወናዝዞ ፡ ለልቡባን ፡ እለ ፡ ይፈቅዱ ፡ ያጥርየ ፡ ሕይወቱ ፡ ለነፍሶሙ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ በዘ ፡ ይመጽእ ፡ ዓለም ። |
Item Notes |
For 11 Tāḫśāś |
Item Location | fol. 124r-125v |
Title | Homily on John, hegumen of Scetis |
Alternate Title | Life of John, hegumen of Scetis |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘአባ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘደብረ ፡ መቃርስ ፡ በሰላመ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ አሜን ። ቅዱስ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ መኒኖ ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ዓለመ ፡ ሖረ ፡ በሥርዐት ፡ ምንኵስና ፡ በሠናይ ፡ ምግባር ፡ ወበትጋሀ ፡ ወበትዕግስት ፡ ወሞአ ፡ ፍትወተ ፡ ሥጋ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ማኅደረ ፡ ለእግዚኣብሔር ። |
Item Notes |
For 30 Tāḫśāś |
Item Location | fol. 126r-128r |
Author |
Ēleyās, Bishop, active 6th century
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Author NS | ኤልያስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ |
Title | Homily on Abbā Maṭā' |
Alternate Title | Homily on Libānos |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ኤልያስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ብፁዕ ፡ መነኮስ ፡ አባ ፡ መጣዕ ፡ ዘውእቱ ፡ ሊባኖስ ፡ ብእሴ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ። ንነግረክሙ ፡ አኃዊነ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ሐይወ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወዘከመ ፡ ተዐገሰ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘመጣዕ ፡ ትዕግስተ ። |
Item Notes |
For 3 Ṭerr |
Item Location | fol. 129r-131r |
Title | Life of Archelides |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ወቅዱስ ፡ አርከሌዲስ ፡ ገድል ፡ መንክር ፡ ለዘ ፡ ይሰምዖ ። ተግሣጽ ፡ ለጽሩዓን ፡ ወናዝዞ ፡ ለልቡባን ፡ ዘሞተ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ስመ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ አመ ፡ ፲ ፡ ወ፬ ፡ ለወርኅ ፡ ጥር ፡ ጸሎቱ ፡ ወበረከቱ ፡ ተሀሉ ፡ ምስሌነ ፡ አሜን ። ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ በሀገረ ፡ ሮምያ ፡ ዘስመ ፡ ሲሞን ፡ ነጋዲ ፡ ወፈራሄ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወይገብር ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ ሠናያተ ፡ ለአብያተ ፡ ክርስቲያናት ፡ ለነዳያን ፡ ወለምስኪናን ። |
Item Notes |
For 14 Ṭerr |
Item Location | fol. 132r-139v |
Author |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
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Author NS | ኤፍሬም |
Title | Life of Abraham of Qidun |
Uniform Title | Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. In vitam beati Abrahamii et neptis eius Mariae |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ ወወልድ ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ ዘተናገረ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕይወቱ ፡ ለአብርሃም ፡ ካልእ ። አኃዊየ ፡ እዜኑክመ ፡ እፈቱ ፡ ሥነ ፡ ምግባረ ፡ ፍጹመ ፡ ወሠናየ ፡ ዘብእሲ ፡ መንክር ፡ ወፍጹም ። ወመንክር ፡ ወወጠነ ፡ ወፈጸመ ፡ ወተሰብሐ ። |
Item Notes |
For 5 Naḥasē; CPG, no. 3937 |
Item Location | fol. 141r-159r |
Title | Life of Maximus and Domitius |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ነአኀዝ ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ አግዚእ ፡ አምላክ ፡ ንጽሐፍ ፡ ገድለ ፡ አበው ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ፍድፉዳዊያን ፡ አብ ፡ መክሲዎስ ፡ ወዱማዴዎስ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ መፍቀሬ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ላውንድዮስ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ሀገር ፡ ዐባይ ፡ ጸሎቶሙ ፡ ትኩን ፡ ምስሌነ ፡ ወምስለ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ጥምቀት ፡ አሜን ፡ ወአሜን ። ኦፍቁራንየ ፡ ወአበዊየ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ለባስያነ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ለንትጋባእ ፡ ዮም ፡ ኵልነ ፡ ወንስማዕ ፡ ሰሚዐ ፡ ኣእምሮ ፡ መንፈሳዊት ። |
Item Notes |
For 17 Ṭerr |

Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Arsi Province
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Repository |
Dabra Ṣeyon Māryām Monastery
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Common Name | Tulloo Guddoo Book of Saints |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 165 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 14th-15th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies; Sermons |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Architectural; Illumination; Miniature(s) |
Bibliography |
Sergew Hable-Selassie, "Lists of Manuscripts of Some Churches in Shewa Province," (1971), 40; Getatchew Haile, "The Homily of Abba Elǝyas, Bishop of Aksum, on Mäṭṭa'," Analecta Bollandiana 108 (1990): 29-47; Gianfanco Fiaccadori, "Aethiopica Minima," Quaderni Utinensi 7.13/14 (1989 [pub. 1993]), 145-164; Ugo Zanetti, Saint Jean, higoumène de Scété (VIIe siècle). Vie arabe et épitomé éthiopien, in Subsidia hagiographica 94 (2015). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 7602 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201129 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 165 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Leather over wood boards |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning; water stains |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-159r |
Century(ies) | 14th-15th century |
Year Range | 1379-1413 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 56.2 x 41 cm |
Page Layout | 3 columns, 38-40 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Associated Name |
Dāwit, Emperor of Ethiopia, -1413
(Commissioner)
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Decoration |
Miniature of Mark of Tarmaqa on fol. 1v; miniature of Shenoute on fol. 7v; miniature of Pshoi on fol. 38v; miniature of Euphrasia on fol. 56v; miniature of Yāsāy on fol. 73v; miniature of Panṭalēwon on fol. 82v; miniature of Alexis on fol. 89v; miniature of Hilarion on fol. 95v; miniature of Yoḥanni on fol. 107v; miniature of Daniel of Scetis and Emperor Honorius on fol. 109v; miniature of Marina on fol. 113v; miniature of Pidjimi on fol. 118v; miniature of John of Scetis on fol. 123v; miniature of Libānos on fol. 125v; miniature of Archelides on fol. 128v; miniature of Abraham of Qidun on fol. 131v; miniature of Maximus and Domitius on fol. 140v; ḥarag on fol. 2r, 8r, 39r, 57r, 74r, 83r, 90r, 96r, 108r, 110r, 114r, 119r, 124r, 126r, 129r, 132r, 141r |
Item Location | fol. 1r |
Title | Conclusion of an unidentifiable text |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Location | fol. 2r-6v |
Title | Life of Mark of Tarmaqa |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ አባ ፡ ማርቆስ ፡ ዘደብረ ፡ ቶርመቅ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ሮምያ ፡ ወስመ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ፈራሄ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ዘቦቱ ፡ ሃይማኖተ ፡ ርትዕተ ፡ ወስመ ፡ እሙ ፡ ሳራ ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ሮምያ ፡ |
Item Notes |
For 29 Sanē |
Item Location | fol. 8r-38r |
Author |
Besa, Abbot of Athripe, active 5th century
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Title | Life of Shenoute |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ሲኖዳ |
Uniform Title |
Besa, Abbot of Athripe, active 5th century. Sinuthii archimandritae vita
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Alternate Title | Gadla Sinodā |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ዝንቱ ፡ ገድል ፡ ቀሊል ፡ እምነገር ፡ ወኀይላት ፡ ወእመንክራት ፡ ዘአቡነ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ነቢይ ፡ አርሳይመትርይድስ ፡ አቡነ ፡ አባ ፡ ሰኑድዮስ ፡ ዘውእቱ ፡ ብሂል ፡ ርእሰ ፡ መነኮሳት ፡ ባሕታዊያን ። |
Item Notes |
For 7 Ḥamlē |
Item Location | fol. 39r-56r |
Title | Life of Pshoi |
Uniform Title | Life of Pshoi |
Associated Name |
John, the Little, approximately 339-409
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ዘአቡነ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ መንፈሳዊ ፡ ባሕታዊ ፡ ጽሩይ ፡ ወንጹሕ ፡ አቡነ ፡ አባ ፡ ብሶይ ፡ ዘነበረ ፡ ግብጸ ፡ ወተጽሕፈ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ ዕረፍቱ ፡ በእደ ፡ ቀሲስ ፡ ንጹሕ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ ንኡስ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ እኁሁ ። |
Item Notes |
For 8 (here 7) Ḥamlē |
Item Location | fol. 57r-73r |
Title | Life of Euphrasia of Constantinople |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ሥነ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ወምግባር ፡ ዘቅድስት ፡ ወብፅዕት ፡ ድንግል ፡ ኤዎጰራክስያ ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ ወኄር ፡ ወፈራሄ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ታዶሲ ፡ ንጉሥ ። ወሀሎ ፡ አሓዱ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ በመዋዕለ ፡ መንግሥቱ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ አንጢጎኖስ ፡ አንገቤናይ ፡ ዘአዝማዲሁ ፡ ለንጉሥ ፡ |
Item Notes |
For 2 Naḥasē |
Item Location | fol. 74r-82r |
Title | Life of Yāsāy, the orthodox king of Rome |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ያሳይ |
Alternate Title | Gadla Yāsāy |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ ያሳይ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ሮም ፡ ጸሎቱ ፡ ወበረከቱ ፡ ትብጽሐነ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ኅሠሥነ ፡ ኪያሁ ፡ አሜን ፡ ወአሜን ። ስምዑ ፡ አኃዊየ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ተጋደለ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ ያሳይ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ በመንግሥቱ ፡ ኢያጥረየ ፡ መዐተ ፡ እምአፉሁ ፡ ወኢዘበጠ ፡ በእደዊሁ ፡ ወኢዘመወ ፡ በሥጋሁ ፡ እስመ ፡ ብዙኅ ፡ አሕማሪሁ ፡ ለዝሙት ፡ ዘይነሥእ ፡ ብእሲተ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘመወ ፡ ወዘያፈቅር ፡ ንዋየ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ውእቱሂ ፡ ዘመወ ። |
Item Notes |
For 9 Maskaram |
Item Location | fol. 83r-89v |
Author |
Retu'a Hāymānot, Metropolitan of Aksum
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Author NS | ርቱዐ ፡ ሃይማኖት |
Title | Gadla Panṭalēwon |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ጰንጠሌዎን |
Uniform Title |
Retu'a Hāymānot, Metropolitan of Aksum. Gadla P̣anṭaléwon
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Alternate Title | Life of Panṭalēwon of Ethiopia |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድሉ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ ጰንጠሌዎስ ፡ ዘጾማዕት ፡ ዘብሔረ ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ፡ ዘደረሰ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘተሠይመ ፡ ጳጳስ ፡ ዘአክሱም ፡ |
Item Notes |
For 6 Ṭeqemt |
Item Location | fol. 90r-95v |
Title | Life of Alexis |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ክርስቶስ |
Uniform Title | Vita Sancti Alexii VIAF |
Alternate Title | Life of Gabra Krestos |
Alternate Title | Gadla Gabra Krestos |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንጽሐፍ ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ዜናሁ ፡ ለቅዱስ ፡ ብእሴ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ገብረ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ቴዎዶስዮስ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ ። |
Item Notes |
For 14 Ṭeqemt |
Item Location | fol. 96r-107v |
Author |
Jerome, -419 or 420
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Title | Life of Hilarion |
Uniform Title |
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. Vita S. Hilarionis Eremitae
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | እንዘ ፡ ሀሎኩ ፡ እጽሕፍ ፡ ሕይወቶ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ አባ ፡ ኤላርዮን ፡ እንተ ፡ ኅደረት ፡ ዲቤሁ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ እጼውዕ ፡ እስመ ፡ ለዝክቱ ፡ ጽንዐ ፡ ጸገወት ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ሊተኒ ፡ ለዜንዎ ፡ ቃል ፡ ይትወሀበኒ ። ከመ ፡ በቃላት ፡ ምግባራት ፡ የዐሪ ፡ እስመ ፡ ለዘ ፡ ከመዝ ፡ ሥን ፡ መጠኔዝ ፡ ትከውን ፡ በከመ ፡ ይቤ ፡ ቅሪስጾስ ፡ በአምጣነ ፡ ይክሉ ፡ አልዕሎታ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ወፍጥረት ። |
Item Notes |
For 23 Ṭeqemt |
Item Location | fol. 108r-109r |
Author | Minās, Bishop of Aksum, active approximately 6th century |
Author NS | ሚናስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘአክሱም |
Title | Homily on Abbā Yoḥanni |
Uniform Title | Minās, Bishop of Aksum, active approximately 6th century. Homily on Abbā Yoḥanni |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ወቅዱስ ፡ ሚናስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘአክሱም ፡ በእንተ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ አባ ፡ ዮሐኒ ። ሶበ ፡ ተዝካረ ፡ ጻድቃነ ፡ ንዜከር ፡ ሶቤሃኬ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ምግባረ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ናጥሪ ፡ ሰሚዐነ ፡ ሥነ ፡ ሕይወቶሙ ፡ በአሚን ፡ ኑዛዜ ፡ ንርከብ ፡ እስመ ፡ ይቤ ፡ በምሳልያተ ፡ ሰሎሞን ፡ ዝከረ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ውዳሴ ፡ ወይትጌበር ፡ እስመ ፡ ዘይዜክሮሙ ፡ ቦቱ ፡ አርአያ ፡ እምቅዱሳት ፡ መጻሕፍት ፡ ከመ ፡ ያእምር ፡ ልቡና ። |
Item Notes |
For 5 Ḫedār |
Item Location | fol. 110r-113v |
Title | Life of Daniel of Scetis and Emperor Honorius |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ ዳንኤል ፡ ዘተጋደለ ፡ በገዳመ ፡ አስቄጢስ ፡ ዘጸሐፈ ፡ መቃሪ ፡ ካህን ። ኦአኀው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ ስምዑ ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ቃላተ ፡ ዘውስተዝ ፡ መጽሐፍ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ተጋደለ ፡ ፵ወ፬፡ ዓመተ ፡ ወመንፈቀ ፡ ዓመተ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ኢይጥዕም ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ ወዓሣ ፡ ወመዓረ ፡ ወዘይተ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ቈጽለ ፡ ዕፀው ፡ ወማይ ፡ ባሕቲቱ ። |
Item Notes |
For 16 Ḫedār; composed by the priest Maqāri |
Item Location | fol. 114r-117v |
Title | Life of Eugene and his daughter Marina |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንቅድም ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ አግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ንጽሐፍ ፡ ዜናሁ ፡ ለብፁዕ ፡ አውጌንዮስ ፡ ወዘንጽሕት ፡ ወለቱ ፡ እንተ ፡ ተመሰለት ፡ በአምሳለ ፡ ኅፅው ፡ ወስማሂ ፡ እንባምሬና ፡ ወእኒ ፡ ቡርክት ፡ እንተ ፡ ስማ ፡ ማርታ ፡ ወጻድቃን ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ ወየሐውሩ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ገቢረ ፡ ሕጉ ፡ ወትእዛዛቲሁ ። |
Item Notes |
For 8 Tāḫśāś |
Item Location | fol. 119r-123r |
Title | Life of Pidjimi |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ አባ ፡ በኪሞስ ፡ ፈላሲ ፡ መስተጋድል ፡ በሰላመ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ አሜን ። ገድል ፡ መንክር ፡ ለዘ ፡ ይሰምዖ ፡ ወተግሣጽ ፡ ለፅዑራን ፡ ወናዝዞ ፡ ለልቡባን ፡ እለ ፡ ይፈቅዱ ፡ ያጥርየ ፡ ሕይወቱ ፡ ለነፍሶሙ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ በዘ ፡ ይመጽእ ፡ ዓለም ። |
Item Notes |
For 11 Tāḫśāś |
Item Location | fol. 124r-125v |
Title | Homily on John, hegumen of Scetis |
Alternate Title | Life of John, hegumen of Scetis |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘአባ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘደብረ ፡ መቃርስ ፡ በሰላመ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ አሜን ። ቅዱስ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ መኒኖ ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ዓለመ ፡ ሖረ ፡ በሥርዐት ፡ ምንኵስና ፡ በሠናይ ፡ ምግባር ፡ ወበትጋሀ ፡ ወበትዕግስት ፡ ወሞአ ፡ ፍትወተ ፡ ሥጋ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ማኅደረ ፡ ለእግዚኣብሔር ። |
Item Notes |
For 30 Tāḫśāś |
Item Location | fol. 126r-128r |
Author |
Ēleyās, Bishop, active 6th century
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Author NS | ኤልያስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ |
Title | Homily on Abbā Maṭā' |
Alternate Title | Homily on Libānos |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ኤልያስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ብፁዕ ፡ መነኮስ ፡ አባ ፡ መጣዕ ፡ ዘውእቱ ፡ ሊባኖስ ፡ ብእሴ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ። ንነግረክሙ ፡ አኃዊነ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ሐይወ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወዘከመ ፡ ተዐገሰ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘመጣዕ ፡ ትዕግስተ ። |
Item Notes |
For 3 Ṭerr |
Item Location | fol. 129r-131r |
Title | Life of Archelides |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ወቅዱስ ፡ አርከሌዲስ ፡ ገድል ፡ መንክር ፡ ለዘ ፡ ይሰምዖ ። ተግሣጽ ፡ ለጽሩዓን ፡ ወናዝዞ ፡ ለልቡባን ፡ ዘሞተ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ስመ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ አመ ፡ ፲ ፡ ወ፬ ፡ ለወርኅ ፡ ጥር ፡ ጸሎቱ ፡ ወበረከቱ ፡ ተሀሉ ፡ ምስሌነ ፡ አሜን ። ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ በሀገረ ፡ ሮምያ ፡ ዘስመ ፡ ሲሞን ፡ ነጋዲ ፡ ወፈራሄ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወይገብር ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ ሠናያተ ፡ ለአብያተ ፡ ክርስቲያናት ፡ ለነዳያን ፡ ወለምስኪናን ። |
Item Notes |
For 14 Ṭerr |
Item Location | fol. 132r-139v |
Author |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
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Author NS | ኤፍሬም |
Title | Life of Abraham of Qidun |
Uniform Title | Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. In vitam beati Abrahamii et neptis eius Mariae |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ ወወልድ ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ ዘተናገረ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕይወቱ ፡ ለአብርሃም ፡ ካልእ ። አኃዊየ ፡ እዜኑክመ ፡ እፈቱ ፡ ሥነ ፡ ምግባረ ፡ ፍጹመ ፡ ወሠናየ ፡ ዘብእሲ ፡ መንክር ፡ ወፍጹም ። ወመንክር ፡ ወወጠነ ፡ ወፈጸመ ፡ ወተሰብሐ ። |
Item Notes |
For 5 Naḥasē; CPG, no. 3937 |
Item Location | fol. 141r-159r |
Title | Life of Maximus and Domitius |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ነአኀዝ ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ አግዚእ ፡ አምላክ ፡ ንጽሐፍ ፡ ገድለ ፡ አበው ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ፍድፉዳዊያን ፡ አብ ፡ መክሲዎስ ፡ ወዱማዴዎስ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ መፍቀሬ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ላውንድዮስ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ሀገር ፡ ዐባይ ፡ ጸሎቶሙ ፡ ትኩን ፡ ምስሌነ ፡ ወምስለ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ጥምቀት ፡ አሜን ፡ ወአሜን ። ኦፍቁራንየ ፡ ወአበዊየ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ለባስያነ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ለንትጋባእ ፡ ዮም ፡ ኵልነ ፡ ወንስማዕ ፡ ሰሚዐ ፡ ኣእምሮ ፡ መንፈሳዊት ። |
Item Notes |
For 17 Ṭerr |
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