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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Addis Ababa
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Repository |
Enṭoṭṭo Kidāna Meḥrat Church
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Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 251 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian) |
Feature(s) | Seal(s) |
Ext. Bibliography |
Getatchew Haile, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. V: Project Numbers 1501-2000 (1981). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 1852 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/203683 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile; 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 | 251 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Stamped leather over wood boards |
Binding Dimensions | 34.5 x 25.5 cm |
Provenance |
Copied for Emperor Menilek and Empress Ṭāytu, fol. 61r and throughout; Seal of Empress Ṭāytu, fol. 61r, 128v, 202v, 251v; Seal of Empress Zawditu, fol. 128v, 202v, 251v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-251v |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1913-1918 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 30 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Associated Name |
Ṭāytu, Empress of Ethiopia, -1918
(Commissioner)
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Associated Name |
Menilek II, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1844-1913
(Commissioner)
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Notes |
Copied by ግርማ፡ ኢየሱስ, fol. 61r. Date based on prayer for soul of Emperor Menilek and also for Empress Ṭāytu, fol. 251v; Menilek seems to have been alive at the outset of copying and died during the copying process; There is an Synaxarion entry for him on fol. 66r and then the prayers shift from Menilek and Ṭāytu to Ṭāytu and Zawditu |

Item Location | fol. 3r-251v |
Title | Synaxarion. Ḫedār-Yakkātit |
Title NS | ስንክሳር |
Uniform Title | Synaxarion (Ethiopian Rite) |
Alternate Title | Synaxarium |
Alternate Title | Senkessār |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
Ḫedār, fol. 3r-61r; Tāḫśāś, fol. 61v-128v; Ṭerr, fol. 130r-202v; Yakkātit, fol. 203r-251v |
Item Notes |
Synaxarion entry for Emperor Menilek II who presumably died during the copying of this manuscript, fol. 66r |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Addis Ababa
![]() |
Repository |
Enṭoṭṭo Kidāna Meḥrat Church
![]() |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 251 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian) |
Feature(s) | Seal(s) |
Ext. Bibliography |
Getatchew Haile, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. V: Project Numbers 1501-2000 (1981). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 1852 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/203683 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile; 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 | 251 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Stamped modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Stamped leather over wood boards |
Binding Dimensions | 34.5 x 25.5 cm |
Provenance |
Copied for Emperor Menilek and Empress Ṭāytu, fol. 61r and throughout; Seal of Empress Ṭāytu, fol. 61r, 128v, 202v, 251v; Seal of Empress Zawditu, fol. 128v, 202v, 251v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-251v |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1913-1918 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 30 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Script(s) | Fidäl |
Associated Name |
Ṭāytu, Empress of Ethiopia, -1918
(Commissioner)
![]() |
Associated Name |
Menilek II, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1844-1913
(Commissioner)
![]() |
Notes |
Copied by ግርማ፡ ኢየሱስ, fol. 61r. Date based on prayer for soul of Emperor Menilek and also for Empress Ṭāytu, fol. 251v; Menilek seems to have been alive at the outset of copying and died during the copying process; There is an Synaxarion entry for him on fol. 66r and then the prayers shift from Menilek and Ṭāytu to Ṭāytu and Zawditu |
Item Location | fol. 3r-251v |
Title | Synaxarion. Ḫedār-Yakkātit |
Title NS | ስንክሳር |
Uniform Title | Synaxarion (Ethiopian Rite) |
Alternate Title | Synaxarium |
Alternate Title | Senkessār |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
Ḫedār, fol. 3r-61r; Tāḫśāś, fol. 61v-128v; Ṭerr, fol. 130r-202v; Yakkātit, fol. 203r-251v |
Item Notes |
Synaxarion entry for Emperor Menilek II who presumably died during the copying of this manuscript, fol. 66r |
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