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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Addis Ababa
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Repository |
Berhānāta Ālam Pēṭros wa-Pāwlos Church
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Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 172 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Apologetic writings; Apocrypha |
Feature(s) | Seal(s) |
Ext. Bibliography |
William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Collegeville, vol. I: Project Numbers 1-300 (1975). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 240 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202139 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | 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 | 172 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Stamped leather over wood boards; wrapped in cloth |
Binding Dimensions | 36 x 28.2 cm |
Provenance |
Given by ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, whose baptismal name was ወለተ፡ ሥላሴ, wife of ፊታውራሪ፡ ሀብተ፡ ጊርዮርጊስ, to Berhānāta Ālam Pēṭros wa-Pāwlos Church on 2 Maggābit 1938 EC (11 March 1946), fol. 172v; Seals of ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, fol. 1r, 169v, 171v, 172v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-172v |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Year Range | 1900-1946 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 3 columns, 33-36 lines per page |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Notes |
Note of donation, fol. 172v |

Item Location | fol. 1r-169v |
Title | Faith of the Fathers |
Title NS | ሃይማኖተ ፡ አበው |
Uniform Title |
Iʻtirāf al-Ābāʼ
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Alternate Title | Hāymānota Abaw |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘቦቱ፡ መድኃኒትነ፡ በጽሒፈ፡ ሃይማኖተ፡ አበው፡ መምሕራነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ አሐቲ፡ ጉባዔ፡ እንተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ |
Item Notes |
Table of contents, fol. 169rv; Includes Letter from Heaven, fol. 158r-160r |
Item Location | fol. 170r-172r |
Title | Letters of King Abgar of Edessa to Christ |
Uniform Title |
Abgar letters
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንዌጥን፡ ኀበ፡ ጥንተ፡ ነገር፡ ዘከመ፡ ለአከ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮሐ፡ አቃርዮስ፡ ኀበ። ክርስቶስ፡ ለዘክሮቱ፡ ሰጊድ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ትሥጉቱ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ይዕርግ። ዲበ፡ መስቀል፡ ከመ፡ ይግዝማ፡ ለኃጢአት፡ በድካመ። ትሕትናሁ፡ ማኅየዊት፡ |
Item Location | fol. 172rv |
Title | Synaxarion. Selection |
Title NS | ስንክሳር |
Uniform Title | Synaxarion (Ethiopian Rite) |
Alternate Title | Synaxarium. Selection |
Alternate Title | Senkessār. Selection |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ወካዕበ፡ ዕረፍቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ አቃርዮስ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፱ለወርኃ፡ መድኃኒት፡ ይምሐረነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በጸሎታ፡ ለእመ፡ ብርሃን፡ ወበጸሎቶሙ፡ ለሰማዕታት፡ ዘአክሚም፡ ፹፻ወ፬፻፵ወ፪ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ |
Contents Detail |
Entry for 29th of Tāḫśāś, mentioning King Abgar and the martyrs of Akhmim |

Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Addis Ababa
![]() |
Repository |
Berhānāta Ālam Pēṭros wa-Pāwlos Church
![]() |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 172 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Apologetic writings; Apocrypha |
Feature(s) | Seal(s) |
Ext. Bibliography |
William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Collegeville, vol. I: Project Numbers 1-300 (1975). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 240 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202139 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | 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 | 172 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Stamped leather over wood boards; wrapped in cloth |
Binding Dimensions | 36 x 28.2 cm |
Provenance |
Given by ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, whose baptismal name was ወለተ፡ ሥላሴ, wife of ፊታውራሪ፡ ሀብተ፡ ጊርዮርጊስ, to Berhānāta Ālam Pēṭros wa-Pāwlos Church on 2 Maggābit 1938 EC (11 March 1946), fol. 172v; Seals of ወይዘሮ፡ አልታዬ፡ ወርቅ, fol. 1r, 169v, 171v, 172v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-172v |
Century(ies) | 20th century (?) |
Year Range | 1900-1946 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 3 columns, 33-36 lines per page |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Notes |
Note of donation, fol. 172v |
Item Location | fol. 1r-169v |
Title | Faith of the Fathers |
Title NS | ሃይማኖተ ፡ አበው |
Uniform Title |
Iʻtirāf al-Ābāʼ
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Alternate Title | Hāymānota Abaw |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘቦቱ፡ መድኃኒትነ፡ በጽሒፈ፡ ሃይማኖተ፡ አበው፡ መምሕራነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ አሐቲ፡ ጉባዔ፡ እንተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ |
Item Notes |
Table of contents, fol. 169rv; Includes Letter from Heaven, fol. 158r-160r |
Item Location | fol. 170r-172r |
Title | Letters of King Abgar of Edessa to Christ |
Uniform Title |
Abgar letters
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ንዌጥን፡ ኀበ፡ ጥንተ፡ ነገር፡ ዘከመ፡ ለአከ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮሐ፡ አቃርዮስ፡ ኀበ። ክርስቶስ፡ ለዘክሮቱ፡ ሰጊድ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ትሥጉቱ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ይዕርግ። ዲበ፡ መስቀል፡ ከመ፡ ይግዝማ፡ ለኃጢአት፡ በድካመ። ትሕትናሁ፡ ማኅየዊት፡ |
Item Location | fol. 172rv |
Title | Synaxarion. Selection |
Title NS | ስንክሳር |
Uniform Title | Synaxarion (Ethiopian Rite) |
Alternate Title | Synaxarium. Selection |
Alternate Title | Senkessār. Selection |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ወካዕበ፡ ዕረፍቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ አቃርዮስ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፱ለወርኃ፡ መድኃኒት፡ ይምሐረነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በጸሎታ፡ ለእመ፡ ብርሃን፡ ወበጸሎቶሙ፡ ለሰማዕታት፡ ዘአክሚም፡ ፹፻ወ፬፻፵ወ፪ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ |
Contents Detail |
Entry for 29th of Tāḫśāś, mentioning King Abgar and the martyrs of Akhmim |
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