EMML 2713 - Ethiopia - Šawā Province - Emma Meḥrat Kidāna Meḥrat Church - Reading Room

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0 CE - 2025 CE

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Šawā Province VIAF
Repository	Emma Meḥrat Kidāna Meḥrat Church
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	197 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	20th century
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s)	Seal(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 2713
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204540
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	197 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Wood boards
Binding Dimensions	29 x 22.5 cm
Provenance	Copied for Empress Zawditu, fol. 4r, 196r, and she gave the manuscript to Emma Meḥrat Kidāna Meḥrat Church, fol. 196v; Unidentified seals, fol. 4v, 196rv; Seal of Empress Zawditu, fol. 152r; Seal of Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, fol. 152r, 196v

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-197v
Century(ies)	20th century
Year Range	1927-1928
Native Date Precise	1920 EC
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 23 lines per page
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Associated Name	Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 (Patron) VIAF
Notes	Copied by ግራ፡ ጌታ፡ ወልደ፡ አማኑኤል of Addis Ababa under the direction of Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, fol. 196rv. Colophon with date, fol. 196r; Donation note, fol. 196v; Text in a secondary hand: List of the parish founders, verso of first front flyleaf

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Part 1

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 4r-195v
Title	Gospels
Uniform Title	Bible. Gospels VIAF
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	Matthew, fol. 4r-61r; Matthew, fol. 61v-95v; Luke, fol. 96r-152r; John, fol. 153r-195v

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Šawā Province VIAF
Repository	Emma Meḥrat Kidāna Meḥrat Church
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	197 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	20th century
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Gospels; Bibles
Feature(s)	Seal(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 2713
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204540
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	197 leaf(ves)
Foliation	Modern foliation in Arabic numerals
Binding	Wood boards
Binding Dimensions	29 x 22.5 cm
Provenance	Copied for Empress Zawditu, fol. 4r, 196r, and she gave the manuscript to Emma Meḥrat Kidāna Meḥrat Church, fol. 196v; Unidentified seals, fol. 4v, 196rv; Seal of Empress Zawditu, fol. 152r; Seal of Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, fol. 152r, 196v

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1r-197v
Century(ies)	20th century
Year Range	1927-1928
Native Date Precise	1920 EC
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 23 lines per page
Writing System	Ethiopic
Script(s)	Fidäl
Associated Name	Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 (Patron) VIAF
Notes	Copied by ግራ፡ ጌታ፡ ወልደ፡ አማኑኤል of Addis Ababa under the direction of Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, fol. 196rv. Colophon with date, fol. 196r; Donation note, fol. 196v; Text in a secondary hand: List of the parish founders, verso of first front flyleaf

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 4r-195v
Title	Gospels
Uniform Title	Bible. Gospels VIAF
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	Matthew, fol. 4r-61r; Matthew, fol. 61v-95v; Luke, fol. 96r-152r; John, fol. 153r-195v

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