EMML 875 - Ethiopia - Addis Ababa - Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām Church - Reading Room

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0 CE - 2025 CE

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Addis Ababa VIAF
Repository	Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām Church VIAF
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	144 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	20th century
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Hagiographies
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. III: Project Numbers 701-1100 (1978).
HMML Proj. Num.	EMML 875
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202706
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

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Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	144 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Stamped leather over wood boards; wrapped in cloth
Binding Dimensions	48 x 43.5 cm
Provenance	Copied for Empress Zawditu, who gave it to the Monastery of Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām, fol. 144r

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-144v
Century(ies)	20th century
Year Range	1930
Date Precise	1930 February 01
Native Date Precise	24 Ṭerr 1922 EC
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 22-26 lines per page
Signatures	Yes
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Associated Name	Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 (Patron) VIAF
Decoration	Spaces left blank for miniatures on nearly every folio
Notes	Colophon with date, fol. 144r

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Part 1

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 1r-144r
Title	Nagara Māryām
Title NS	ነገረ ፡ ማርያም
Alternate Title	Story of Mary
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Incipit	ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወንጽሕፍ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዘይሠመይ፡ በነገረ፡ ግብጻውያን፡ ንዑስ፡ ወንጌል፡ ወበኢትዮጵያውያን፡ ነገረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘገብረት፡ ተአምረ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀለወት፡ ምስለ፡ ወልዳ፡ አመ፡ ጐየት፡ እምሄሮድስ፡ ርጉም፡
Item Notes	Arranged for monthly readings

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Addis Ababa VIAF
Repository	Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām Church VIAF
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	144 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	20th century
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Hagiographies
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. III: Project Numbers 701-1100 (1978).
HMML Proj. Num.	EMML 875
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202706
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

Object
Description

Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	144 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Stamped leather over wood boards; wrapped in cloth
Binding Dimensions	48 x 43.5 cm
Provenance	Copied for Empress Zawditu, who gave it to the Monastery of Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām, fol. 144r

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-144v
Century(ies)	20th century
Year Range	1930
Date Precise	1930 February 01
Native Date Precise	24 Ṭerr 1922 EC
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 22-26 lines per page
Signatures	Yes
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Associated Name	Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 (Patron) VIAF
Decoration	Spaces left blank for miniatures on nearly every folio
Notes	Colophon with date, fol. 144r

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 1r-144r
Title	Nagara Māryām
Title NS	ነገረ ፡ ማርያም
Alternate Title	Story of Mary
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Incipit	ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወንጽሕፍ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዘይሠመይ፡ በነገረ፡ ግብጻውያን፡ ንዑስ፡ ወንጌል፡ ወበኢትዮጵያውያን፡ ነገረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘገብረት፡ ተአምረ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀለወት፡ ምስለ፡ ወልዳ፡ አመ፡ ጐየት፡ እምሄሮድስ፡ ርጉም፡
Item Notes	Arranged for monthly readings

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