EMML 2691 - Ethiopia - Šawā Province - Śār Ambā Takla Hāymānot Church - Reading Room

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0 CE - 2025 CE

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Šawā Province VIAF
Repository	Śār Ambā Takla Hāymānot Church
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	145 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	17th century (?)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s)	Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Geometric; Miniature(s)
Ext. Bibliography	Getatchew Haile and 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. VII: Project Numbers 2501-3000 (1983).
HMML Proj. Num.	EMML 2691
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204518
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and 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	145 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Wood boards
Binding Dimensions	28.2 x 26.8 cm
Provenance	Copied for ክፍለ፡ ማርያም, fol. 144v; Note of ownership by Śār Ambā Takla Hāymānot Church, fol. 3r; Notes of ownership by አራቅሊስ and his wife እኅተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ, fol. 144v

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-145v
Century(ies)	17th century (?)
Year Range	1600-1700
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 23-24lines per page
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Decoration	5 full-page miniatures: Matthew the Evangelist, fol. 4v; Mark the Evangelist, fol. 48v; Luke the Evangelist, fol. 76v; John the Evangelist, fol. 112v; Crucifixion, fol. 113r; Ḥarag, fol. 5r, 48r, 49r, and throughout
Notes	Copied by ተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ, fol. 144v. Colophon, fol. 144v

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Part 1

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 5r-144v
Title	Gospels
Uniform Title	Bible. Gospels VIAF
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	Matthew, fol. 5r-47r; Chapters of Matthew, fol. 47r-48r; Mark, fol. 49r-75r; Chapters of Mark, fol. 75r; Luke, fol. 77r-112r; John, fol. 113v-144v

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Šawā Province VIAF
Repository	Śār Ambā Takla Hāymānot Church
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	145 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	17th century (?)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s)	Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Geometric; Miniature(s)
Ext. Bibliography	Getatchew Haile and 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. VII: Project Numbers 2501-3000 (1983).
HMML Proj. Num.	EMML 2691
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204518
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and 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	145 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Wood boards
Binding Dimensions	28.2 x 26.8 cm
Provenance	Copied for ክፍለ፡ ማርያም, fol. 144v; Note of ownership by Śār Ambā Takla Hāymānot Church, fol. 3r; Notes of ownership by አራቅሊስ and his wife እኅተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ, fol. 144v

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-145v
Century(ies)	17th century (?)
Year Range	1600-1700
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 23-24lines per page
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Decoration	5 full-page miniatures: Matthew the Evangelist, fol. 4v; Mark the Evangelist, fol. 48v; Luke the Evangelist, fol. 76v; John the Evangelist, fol. 112v; Crucifixion, fol. 113r; Ḥarag, fol. 5r, 48r, 49r, and throughout
Notes	Copied by ተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ, fol. 144v. Colophon, fol. 144v

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 5r-144v
Title	Gospels
Uniform Title	Bible. Gospels VIAF
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	Matthew, fol. 5r-47r; Chapters of Matthew, fol. 47r-48r; Mark, fol. 49r-75r; Chapters of Mark, fol. 75r; Luke, fol. 77r-112r; John, fol. 113v-144v

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