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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Šawā Province
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Repository | Feqrē Genb Giyorgis Church |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 179 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 17th-18th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Lectionaries; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian); Sermons |
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), 216-218. |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 2868 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204694 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and William Macomber; item 6 identified by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 179 leaf(ves) |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-179r |
Century(ies) | 17th-18th century |
Year Range | 1632-1796 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 31.5 x 26.5 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 19 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Notes |
Inventories of church furnishings, fol. 1r, 157v; erased transaction note, fol. 179r; supplication for the dead, fol. 179r |

Item Location | fol. 2r-157v |
Title | Lectionary for Passion Week |
Title NS | ግብረ ፡ ሕማማት |
Uniform Title | Lectionary for Passion Week (Ethiopian Rite) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Notes |
With a blessing after the colophon, fol. 156v-157v |
Item Location | fol. 158r-161r |
Title | Homily on Satan and death |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ኤፍሬም ። በእንተ ፡ ሰይጣን ፡ ወሞት ፡ ዘይትነበብ ፡ በዓርብ ፡ ዕለት ፡ እንተ ፡ ሐመ ፡ እግዚእ ፡ ኦአኃው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ መኑ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘይክል ፡ ይዜኑ ፡ ጥዩቀ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ ተአምራተ ፡ ወመንክረተ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 4162.3 |
Item Location | fol. 161r-163v |
Title | Homily on the Passion and the thief |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕማማቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ፈያታዊ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ኦአኃው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ ሰብሕዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘተሰቅለ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ኀጣውኢነ ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 4162.2 |
Item Location | fol. 163v-169r |
Author |
Jacob, of Serugh, 451-521
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Title | Homily on the angel and the thief |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ። ያዕቆብ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘሥሩግ ፡ በእንተ ፡ መልአክ ፡ ወፈያታዊ ፡ ርድአኒ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወልደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሕያው ፡ ወአብርሃ ፡ አዕይንተ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ከመ ፡ እክሥት ፡ ምሥጢራተ ፡ መንክራቲከ ፡ ወአጽንዐኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ እግበር ፡ ትእዛዝከ ። |
Item Location | fol. 169r-175r |
Title | Homily on the burial of Jesus |
Uniform Title | Pseudo-Epiphanius. Homily on the burial of Jesus |
Associated Name |
Anastasius, Sinaita, active 640-700
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ አንስጣስዮ ፤ አቡነ ፡ ዘደብረ ፡ ሲና ፡ በእንተ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ተቀብረ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ወመድኃኒነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወርደቶ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሲኦል ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ዘአርማትያስ ፡ ረድኡ ፡ ለኢየሱስ ፡ ይቤ ፡ ምንት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ዛቲ ፡ አርምሞ ፡ ዮም ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 3768 |
Item Location | fol. 175v-178v |
Title | Homily on the Passion |
Associated Name |
John Chrysostom, -407
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ አፈ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕማማቲሁ ፡ ለክርስቶስ ፡ ኦፍቁራንየ ፡ ወፍቁራኒሁ ፡ ለክርስቶስ ፡ ዘሃለየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሠናያት ፡ በመንፈስ ፡ ወሰመዮ ፡ ለዝንቱ ፡ ነገር ፡ ገነት ፡ ኢኮነ ፡ ሐስት ፡ |

Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Šawā Province
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Repository | Feqrē Genb Giyorgis Church |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 179 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 17th-18th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Lectionaries; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian); Sermons |
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), 216-218. |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 2868 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/204694 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and William Macomber; item 6 identified by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 179 leaf(ves) |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-179r |
Century(ies) | 17th-18th century |
Year Range | 1632-1796 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 31.5 x 26.5 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 19 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Notes |
Inventories of church furnishings, fol. 1r, 157v; erased transaction note, fol. 179r; supplication for the dead, fol. 179r |
Item Location | fol. 2r-157v |
Title | Lectionary for Passion Week |
Title NS | ግብረ ፡ ሕማማት |
Uniform Title | Lectionary for Passion Week (Ethiopian Rite) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Notes |
With a blessing after the colophon, fol. 156v-157v |
Item Location | fol. 158r-161r |
Title | Homily on Satan and death |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ኤፍሬም ። በእንተ ፡ ሰይጣን ፡ ወሞት ፡ ዘይትነበብ ፡ በዓርብ ፡ ዕለት ፡ እንተ ፡ ሐመ ፡ እግዚእ ፡ ኦአኃው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ መኑ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘይክል ፡ ይዜኑ ፡ ጥዩቀ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ ተአምራተ ፡ ወመንክረተ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 4162.3 |
Item Location | fol. 161r-163v |
Title | Homily on the Passion and the thief |
Associated Name |
Ephrem, of Nisibis, 303-373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ኤፍሬም ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕማማቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ፈያታዊ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ኦአኃው ፡ ፍቁራን ፡ ሰብሕዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘተሰቅለ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ኀጣውኢነ ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 4162.2 |
Item Location | fol. 163v-169r |
Author |
Jacob, of Serugh, 451-521
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Title | Homily on the angel and the thief |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ። ያዕቆብ ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ቆጶስ ፡ ዘሥሩግ ፡ በእንተ ፡ መልአክ ፡ ወፈያታዊ ፡ ርድአኒ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወልደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሕያው ፡ ወአብርሃ ፡ አዕይንተ ፡ ልብየ ፡ ከመ ፡ እክሥት ፡ ምሥጢራተ ፡ መንክራቲከ ፡ ወአጽንዐኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ እግበር ፡ ትእዛዝከ ። |
Item Location | fol. 169r-175r |
Title | Homily on the burial of Jesus |
Uniform Title | Pseudo-Epiphanius. Homily on the burial of Jesus |
Associated Name |
Anastasius, Sinaita, active 640-700
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ አንስጣስዮ ፤ አቡነ ፡ ዘደብረ ፡ ሲና ፡ በእንተ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ተቀብረ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ወመድኃኒነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወርደቶ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሲኦል ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ዘአርማትያስ ፡ ረድኡ ፡ ለኢየሱስ ፡ ይቤ ፡ ምንት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ዛቲ ፡ አርምሞ ፡ ዮም ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ |
Item Notes |
CPG, no. 3768 |
Item Location | fol. 175v-178v |
Title | Homily on the Passion |
Associated Name |
John Chrysostom, -407
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ዮሐንስ ፡ አፈ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሕማማቲሁ ፡ ለክርስቶስ ፡ ኦፍቁራንየ ፡ ወፍቁራኒሁ ፡ ለክርስቶስ ፡ ዘሃለየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሠናያት ፡ በመንፈስ ፡ ወሰመዮ ፡ ለዝንቱ ፡ ነገር ፡ ገነት ፡ ኢኮነ ፡ ሐስት ፡ |
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