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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Addis Ababa
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Repository |
Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church
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Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 168 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Gospels; Bibles |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative |
Notes |
Cataloged according to modern foliation |
Ext. Bibliography |
William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. II: Project Numbers 301-700 (1976). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 476 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202315 |
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 | 168 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals; Paginated in Ethiopic numerals |
Binding |
Golden covers over thick paper boards |
Binding Dimensions | 31 x 23.4 cm |
Provenance |
Given to Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church by the members of the Tarādeʼo Confraternity as a memorial to ወይዘሮ፡ አቻምየለሽ, whose baptismal name was ወለተ፡ ሥላሴ and was married to አቶ፡ ጌታሁን፡ ዱባለ, on 30 Sanē 1957 EC (7 July 1965), fol. 168rv; The baptismal name of አቶ፡ ጌታሁን፡ ዱባለ was likely ኃይለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ, fol. 51r, 80r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-168v |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1965 |
Date Precise | 1965 July 07 |
Native Date Precise | 30 Sanē 1957 EC |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 24 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Decoration |
Ornamental frames for miniatures that were never painted, fol. 1v, 50v, 79v, 129v; Ḥarag, fol. 2r, 51r, 80r, 130r |
Notes |
Colophon with date, fol. 168r; Final note, fol. 168rv |

Item Location | fol. 2r-168r |
Title | Gospels |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Gospels
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
Matthew, fol. 2r-48v; Mark, fol. 51r-77r; Luke, fol. 80r-127v; John, fol. 130r-168r |
Item Notes |
Text divided according to modern chapters |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Addis Ababa
![]() |
Repository |
Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church
![]() |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 168 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Gospels; Bibles |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative |
Notes |
Cataloged according to modern foliation |
Ext. Bibliography |
William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. II: Project Numbers 301-700 (1976). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 476 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202315 |
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 | 168 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals; Paginated in Ethiopic numerals |
Binding |
Golden covers over thick paper boards |
Binding Dimensions | 31 x 23.4 cm |
Provenance |
Given to Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church by the members of the Tarādeʼo Confraternity as a memorial to ወይዘሮ፡ አቻምየለሽ, whose baptismal name was ወለተ፡ ሥላሴ and was married to አቶ፡ ጌታሁን፡ ዱባለ, on 30 Sanē 1957 EC (7 July 1965), fol. 168rv; The baptismal name of አቶ፡ ጌታሁን፡ ዱባለ was likely ኃይለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ, fol. 51r, 80r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-168v |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1965 |
Date Precise | 1965 July 07 |
Native Date Precise | 30 Sanē 1957 EC |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 24 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Decoration |
Ornamental frames for miniatures that were never painted, fol. 1v, 50v, 79v, 129v; Ḥarag, fol. 2r, 51r, 80r, 130r |
Notes |
Colophon with date, fol. 168r; Final note, fol. 168rv |
Item Location | fol. 2r-168r |
Title | Gospels |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Gospels
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
Matthew, fol. 2r-48v; Mark, fol. 51r-77r; Luke, fol. 80r-127v; John, fol. 130r-168r |
Item Notes |
Text divided according to modern chapters |
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