DSAE 00001 - Ethiopia - Tegrāy Province - Dabra Śāhel Agwazā Monastery - Reading Room

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0 CE - 2025 CE

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Tegrāy Province VIAF
Repository	Dabra Śāhel Agwazā Monastery
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	183 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	14th-15th century (?)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Bibles; Gospels
Feature(s)	Canon table(s); Decoration, Architectural; Illumination; Miniature(s)
Bibliography	Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, "The 'Golden Gospel' of Ag^wäza and its Historical Documents," in Studies in Ethiopian Languages, Literature, and History: Festschrift for Getatchew Haile presented by his Friends and Colleagues, Aethiopistische Forschungen 83 (2017), 187-220
HMML Proj. Num.	DSAE 00001
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501282
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Digitized by Ewa Balicka-Witakowska and Michael Gervers; cataloged by Ted Erho
Surrogate Format	Digital
Capture Date	2007/12/10
Access Restrictions	Registered
Rights	http://www.vhmml.org/terms

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Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	183 leaf(ves)
Binding	Bound in stamped leather over wood boards; misbound: fol. number vi inserted after fol. 176
Binding Dimensions	31.5 x 20.5 x 9.5 cm
Provenance	Given by Emperor Yesḥaq to Dabra Śāhel Ag^wazā on 30 Ṭerr 1140 AM (26 January 1425 CE), fol. vi^v
Condition Notes	Imperfect: leaf deterioration, with minimal loss of text; fol. iii and vi cut down

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. ii (verso)-vi, 1-177v
Century(ies)	14th-15th century (?)
Year Range	1350-1425
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 28-35 lines per page
Writing System	Ethiopic
Decoration	Miniature of a tempietto, fol. 6r; miniature of the Crucifixion, fol. 6v; miniature of the women at the tomb, fol. 7r; miniature of Christ enthroned and surrounded by the Four Heavenly Creatures and of Mary flanked by the archangels Michael and Gabriel, fol. 7v; miniature of the twelve Apostles looking at the Ascension, fol. 8r; miniature of Matthew, fol. 8v; miniature of Mark, fol. 63v; miniature of Luke, fol. 93v; miniature of John, fol. 141v; decorated canon tables, fol. 2v-5v; architectural decoration, fol. 1r-2r
Notes	Note on the requirement for commemoration of Zar'a Yā'eqob, fol. ii^v; plea for remembrance by a monk named Pāwlos, fol. iii^v; notice of donation of the Gospel book and the grant of some g^welt lands to Dabra Śāhel Ag^wazā by Emperor Yesḥaq (copied by Mikā'ēl, bishop of Sendefā, on 30 Ṭerr 1140 AM [=26 January 1425 CE]), fol. vi^v; notice of the commemoration of Patriarch Gabre'ēl of Alexandria on 10 Ṭerr, fol. 177r; notice of donation of the Gospel book to Dabra Sāhil by Emperor Yesḥaq written in Arabic by Mikhā'īl of Ṣandafā at the end of the month of Tūbah 1140 AM, fol. 177v

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Part 1

Item 1
Item Location	fol. iv (recto)-v (verso), 1-177r
Title	Gospels
Uniform Title	Bible. Gospels VIAF
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	Synoptic presentation concerning the agreement of the Four Gospels, fol. iv^rv; tituli for Matthew, fol. iv^r-v^v; letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 1r-2r; Eusebian canons, fol. 2v-5v; Matthew, fol. 9r-62r; tituli for Mark, fol. 62rv; Mark, fol. 64r-91v; tituli for Luke, fol. 91v-92v; Luke, fol. 94r-140v; tituli for John, fol. 140v; John, fol. 142r-177r

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Country	Ethiopia VIAF
City	Tegrāy Province VIAF
Repository	Dabra Śāhel Agwazā Monastery
Current Status	Unknown
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	183 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	14th-15th century (?)
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Genre(s)	Bibles; Gospels
Feature(s)	Canon table(s); Decoration, Architectural; Illumination; Miniature(s)
Bibliography	Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, "The 'Golden Gospel' of Ag^wäza and its Historical Documents," in Studies in Ethiopian Languages, Literature, and History: Festschrift for Getatchew Haile presented by his Friends and Colleagues, Aethiopistische Forschungen 83 (2017), 187-220
HMML Proj. Num.	DSAE 00001
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501282
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Digitized by Ewa Balicka-Witakowska and Michael Gervers; cataloged by Ted Erho
Surrogate Format	Digital
Capture Date	2007/12/10
Access Restrictions	Registered
Rights	http://www.vhmml.org/terms

Object
Description

Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	183 leaf(ves)
Binding	Bound in stamped leather over wood boards; misbound: fol. number vi inserted after fol. 176
Binding Dimensions	31.5 x 20.5 x 9.5 cm
Provenance	Given by Emperor Yesḥaq to Dabra Śāhel Ag^wazā on 30 Ṭerr 1140 AM (26 January 1425 CE), fol. vi^v
Condition Notes	Imperfect: leaf deterioration, with minimal loss of text; fol. iii and vi cut down

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. ii (verso)-vi, 1-177v
Century(ies)	14th-15th century (?)
Year Range	1350-1425
Support	Parchment
Page Layout	2 columns, 28-35 lines per page
Writing System	Ethiopic
Decoration	Miniature of a tempietto, fol. 6r; miniature of the Crucifixion, fol. 6v; miniature of the women at the tomb, fol. 7r; miniature of Christ enthroned and surrounded by the Four Heavenly Creatures and of Mary flanked by the archangels Michael and Gabriel, fol. 7v; miniature of the twelve Apostles looking at the Ascension, fol. 8r; miniature of Matthew, fol. 8v; miniature of Mark, fol. 63v; miniature of Luke, fol. 93v; miniature of John, fol. 141v; decorated canon tables, fol. 2v-5v; architectural decoration, fol. 1r-2r
Notes	Note on the requirement for commemoration of Zar'a Yā'eqob, fol. ii^v; plea for remembrance by a monk named Pāwlos, fol. iii^v; notice of donation of the Gospel book and the grant of some g^welt lands to Dabra Śāhel Ag^wazā by Emperor Yesḥaq (copied by Mikā'ēl, bishop of Sendefā, on 30 Ṭerr 1140 AM [=26 January 1425 CE]), fol. vi^v; notice of the commemoration of Patriarch Gabre'ēl of Alexandria on 10 Ṭerr, fol. 177r; notice of donation of the Gospel book to Dabra Sāhil by Emperor Yesḥaq written in Arabic by Mikhā'īl of Ṣandafā at the end of the month of Tūbah 1140 AM, fol. 177v

Item 1
Item Location	fol. iv (recto)-v (verso), 1-177r
Title	Gospels
Uniform Title	Bible. Gospels VIAF
Language(s)	Ge'ez
Contents Detail	Synoptic presentation concerning the agreement of the Four Gospels, fol. iv^rv; tituli for Matthew, fol. iv^r-v^v; letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 1r-2r; Eusebian canons, fol. 2v-5v; Matthew, fol. 9r-62r; tituli for Mark, fol. 62rv; Mark, fol. 64r-91v; tituli for Luke, fol. 91v-92v; Luke, fol. 94r-140v; tituli for John, fol. 140v; John, fol. 142r-177r

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