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Country Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Goğğām Province Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository Dāgā Esṭifānos Monastery Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Shelfmark G-IV-972
Current Status Unknown
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 122 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 16th century (?)
Language(s) Ge'ez
Genre(s) Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s) Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Miniature(s)
Notes

Manuscript is not foliated, references to folio numbers are approximate; Several folios not digitized

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)

Ext. Bibliography

William F. Macomber, "Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts... from microfilms in the collection of Dr. Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 63-64

 
Alt. Surrogate SEP DAVIES 00008
HMML Proj. Num.

EMML 8699

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201484
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Microfilm scans created by HMML in 2005 from the original EMML films held in Ethiopia in partnership with the National Archives & Library Agency of Ethiopia; Cataloged by William F. Macomber; metadata added by Jeremy R. Brown
Surrogate Format Scanned Microform
Access Restrictions Unregistered or order a digital copy
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 122 leaf(ves)
Binding

Stamped leather over wood boards

Provenance

Note of ownership by Dabra Dāgā, fol. 3r

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 1r-122v
Century(ies) 16th century (?)
Year Range 1500-1573
Support Parchment
Page Layout 2 columns, 18 lines per page
Writing System Ethiopic
Script(s) Fidäl
Decoration

2 full-page miniatures: Matthew the Evangelist, fol. 2v; Mark the Evangelist, fol. 75v; Ḥarag, fol. 3r, 76r

Notes

Texts in secondary hands: Note of donations to the monastery, fol. 1v-2r; Record of the completion of the church in 11 Sanē 6609 Anno Mundi in the 11th year of Sarṣa Dengel (9 June 1573), fol. 74v

Item Location fol. 3r-122r
Title Gospels
Uniform Title Bible. Gospels Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Language(s) Ge'ez
Contents Detail

Matthew, fol. 3r-74r; Mark, fol. 76r-122r

Country Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Goğğām Province Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository Dāgā Esṭifānos Monastery Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Shelfmark G-IV-972
Current Status Unknown
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 122 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 16th century (?)
Language(s) Ge'ez
Genre(s) Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s) Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Miniature(s)
Notes

Manuscript is not foliated, references to folio numbers are approximate; Several folios not digitized

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)

Ext. Bibliography

William F. Macomber, "Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts... from microfilms in the collection of Dr. Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 63-64

 
Alt. Surrogate SEP DAVIES 00008
HMML Proj. Num.

EMML 8699

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201484
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Microfilm scans created by HMML in 2005 from the original EMML films held in Ethiopia in partnership with the National Archives & Library Agency of Ethiopia; Cataloged by William F. Macomber; metadata added by Jeremy R. Brown
Surrogate Format Scanned Microform
Access Restrictions Unregistered or order a digital copy
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 122 leaf(ves)
Binding

Stamped leather over wood boards

Provenance

Note of ownership by Dabra Dāgā, fol. 3r

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 1r-122v
Century(ies) 16th century (?)
Year Range 1500-1573
Support Parchment
Page Layout 2 columns, 18 lines per page
Writing System Ethiopic
Script(s) Fidäl
Decoration

2 full-page miniatures: Matthew the Evangelist, fol. 2v; Mark the Evangelist, fol. 75v; Ḥarag, fol. 3r, 76r

Notes

Texts in secondary hands: Note of donations to the monastery, fol. 1v-2r; Record of the completion of the church in 11 Sanē 6609 Anno Mundi in the 11th year of Sarṣa Dengel (9 June 1573), fol. 74v

Item Location fol. 3r-122r
Title Gospels
Uniform Title Bible. Gospels Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Language(s) Ge'ez
Contents Detail

Matthew, fol. 3r-74r; Mark, fol. 76r-122r

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