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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Goğğām Province
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Repository |
Dāgā Esṭifānos Monastery
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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 Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 63-64 |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
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
Matthew, fol. 3r-74r; Mark, fol. 76r-122r |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Goğğām Province
![]() |
Repository |
Dāgā Esṭifānos Monastery
![]() |
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
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
Matthew, fol. 3r-74r; Mark, fol. 76r-122r |
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