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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Gondar Province
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Repository |
Azāwer Kidāna Meḥrat Church
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Shelfmark | H2-IV-643 |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 209 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Lectionaries; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian); Sermons |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 8907 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201652 |
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 Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Reproduction Notes | Fol. 39v-40r, 209v not microfilmed |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 209 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
One board wanting. Misbound: fol. 170-178 should follow fol. 186 |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: leaf deterioration with severe loss of text towards rear |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-209r |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1881-1889 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 32 x 29 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 29 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Notes |
Copied by ገብረ ፡ ማርያም, fol. 209r |

Item Location | fol. 1r-169v, 179r-185v |
Title | Lectionary for Passion Week |
Title NS | ግብረ ፡ ሕማማት |
Uniform Title | Lectionary for Passion Week (Ethiopian Rite) |
Associated Name |
Ghubriyāl ibn Turayk, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, -1145
(Compiler)
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Associated Name |
Buṭrus, Bishop of al-Bahnasā, active 12th century-13th century
(Editor)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Location | fol. 186rv, 170r-178v, 187r-188r |
Title | Maṣḥafa dorho |
Title NS | መጽሐፈ ፡ ዶርሆ |
Alternate Title | Book of the cock |
Alternate Title | Book of the rooster |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ወትምህርት ፡ ዘአበዊነ ፡ ሐዋርያት ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ወዘመሀሩነ ፡ መንፈሳውያን ፡ እሉ ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ እለ ፡ ገብሩ ፡ ኃይላተ ፡ ወተአምራተ ፡ ወነገር ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ገብሩ ፡ አይሁድ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ወመድኃኒነ ፡ ወአምላክነ ፡ ሕያው ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ዘፆረ ፡ ሕማማተ ፡ መስቀል ፡ በእንቲአነ ፡ ለነ ፡ ለክርስቲያን ። |
Item Location | fol. 188r-200v |
Title | Lāḥa Māryām |
Title NS | ላሐ ፡ ማርያም |
Uniform Title |
Cyriacus, Bishop of al-Bahnasā. Lament of Mary
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Alternate Title | Homily on the glory and lamentation of Mary |
Associated Name |
Cyriacus, Bishop of al-Bahnasā
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘደረሰ ፡ አባ ፡ ሕርያቆስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘሀገረ ፡ ብህንሳ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ክብራ ፡ ለቅድስት ፡ ወንጽሕት ፡ ማርያም ፡ ወብካያ ፡ ወላሃ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ስቅለተ ፡ ወልዳ ፡ ወመቃብሪሁ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ሖረት ፡ ወኢረከበት ፡ ሥጋሁ ፡ በዕለተ ፡ ትንሣኤሁ ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ሶበ ፡ ተንሥአ ፡ እሙታን ፡ |
Item Notes |
CANT, no. 74 |
Item Location | fol. 200v-203r |
Title | Homily on the Passion and the thief |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕማማቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ፈያታዊ ፡ ወመልአክ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ኦአኃው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ ሰብሕዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘተሰቅለ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ኀጣውኢነ ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 4162.2 |
Item Location | fol. 203r-208r |
Author |
Jacob, of Serugh, 451-521
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Title | Homily on the angel and the thief |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዘሥሩግ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ በእንተ ፡ መልአክ ፡ ወፈያታዊ ፡ ርድአኒ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወልደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሕያው ፡ ወአብርህህ ፡ አዕይንተ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ከመ ፡ እክሥት ፡ ምሥጢራተ ፡ መንክራቲከ ፡ |
Item Location | fol. 208r-209r |
Title | Narratio de vita Dionysii |
Associated Name |
Dionysius, the Areopagite, active 1st century
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ዲዮናስዮስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘሀገረ ፡ አቴና ፡ ሰማዕት ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ኮነ ፡ በሀገረ ፡ አቴና ፡ ወተለዓለ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ዚአሃ ፡ በክብሩ ፡ ወበልቡናሁ ፡ ወበጥበቡ ፡ ወበአእምሮቱ ፡ |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Gondar Province
![]() |
Repository |
Azāwer Kidāna Meḥrat Church
![]() |
Shelfmark | H2-IV-643 |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 209 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Lectionaries; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian); Sermons |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 8907 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201652 |
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 Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Reproduction Notes | Fol. 39v-40r, 209v not microfilmed |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 209 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
One board wanting. Misbound: fol. 170-178 should follow fol. 186 |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: leaf deterioration with severe loss of text towards rear |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-209r |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1881-1889 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 32 x 29 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 29 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Notes |
Copied by ገብረ ፡ ማርያም, fol. 209r |
Item Location | fol. 1r-169v, 179r-185v |
Title | Lectionary for Passion Week |
Title NS | ግብረ ፡ ሕማማት |
Uniform Title | Lectionary for Passion Week (Ethiopian Rite) |
Associated Name |
Ghubriyāl ibn Turayk, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, -1145
(Compiler)
![]() |
Associated Name |
Buṭrus, Bishop of al-Bahnasā, active 12th century-13th century
(Editor)
![]() |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Location | fol. 186rv, 170r-178v, 187r-188r |
Title | Maṣḥafa dorho |
Title NS | መጽሐፈ ፡ ዶርሆ |
Alternate Title | Book of the cock |
Alternate Title | Book of the rooster |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ወትምህርት ፡ ዘአበዊነ ፡ ሐዋርያት ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ወዘመሀሩነ ፡ መንፈሳውያን ፡ እሉ ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ እለ ፡ ገብሩ ፡ ኃይላተ ፡ ወተአምራተ ፡ ወነገር ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ገብሩ ፡ አይሁድ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ወመድኃኒነ ፡ ወአምላክነ ፡ ሕያው ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ዘፆረ ፡ ሕማማተ ፡ መስቀል ፡ በእንቲአነ ፡ ለነ ፡ ለክርስቲያን ። |
Item Location | fol. 188r-200v |
Title | Lāḥa Māryām |
Title NS | ላሐ ፡ ማርያም |
Uniform Title |
Cyriacus, Bishop of al-Bahnasā. Lament of Mary
![]() |
Alternate Title | Homily on the glory and lamentation of Mary |
Associated Name |
Cyriacus, Bishop of al-Bahnasā
(Attributed name)
![]() |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘደረሰ ፡ አባ ፡ ሕርያቆስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘሀገረ ፡ ብህንሳ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ክብራ ፡ ለቅድስት ፡ ወንጽሕት ፡ ማርያም ፡ ወብካያ ፡ ወላሃ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ስቅለተ ፡ ወልዳ ፡ ወመቃብሪሁ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ሖረት ፡ ወኢረከበት ፡ ሥጋሁ ፡ በዕለተ ፡ ትንሣኤሁ ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ሶበ ፡ ተንሥአ ፡ እሙታን ፡ |
Item Notes |
CANT, no. 74 |
Item Location | fol. 200v-203r |
Title | Homily on the Passion and the thief |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕማማቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ፈያታዊ ፡ ወመልአክ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ኦአኃው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ ሰብሕዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘተሰቅለ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ኀጣውኢነ ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 4162.2 |
Item Location | fol. 203r-208r |
Author |
Jacob, of Serugh, 451-521
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Title | Homily on the angel and the thief |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዘሥሩግ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ በእንተ ፡ መልአክ ፡ ወፈያታዊ ፡ ርድአኒ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወልደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሕያው ፡ ወአብርህህ ፡ አዕይንተ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ከመ ፡ እክሥት ፡ ምሥጢራተ ፡ መንክራቲከ ፡ |
Item Location | fol. 208r-209r |
Title | Narratio de vita Dionysii |
Associated Name |
Dionysius, the Areopagite, active 1st century
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ዲዮናስዮስ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘሀገረ ፡ አቴና ፡ ሰማዕት ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ኮነ ፡ በሀገረ ፡ አቴና ፡ ወተለዓለ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ዚአሃ ፡ በክብሩ ፡ ወበልቡናሁ ፡ ወበጥበቡ ፡ ወበአእምሮቱ ፡ |
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