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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Tegrāy Province
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Repository |
Gunda Gundē Monastery
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Shelfmark | C3-IV-149 |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 100 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th-16th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Architectural; Miniature(s) |
Notes |
Schneider, no. 111 |
Bibliography |
Antonio Mordini, "Il convento di Gunde Gundiè," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 12 (1953): 50 (presumably no. 146); Osvaldo Raineri, "I manoscritti etiopici fotografati da P. Emilio Ceccarini (1912-1979)," Quaderni utinensi 8 (1990 [pub. 1996]): 369 (no. 7); Osvaldo Raineri, "Aethiopica Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae," in Studi e Testi 423 (2004), 646; Getatchew Haile, The Gǝ'ǝz Acts of Abba Ǝsṭifanos of Gwǝndagwǝnde, in CSCO 619-620 (2006) (probably MS S) |
HMML Proj. Num. |
GG 00002 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/537650 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized by Ewa Balicka-Witakowska and Michael Gervers; cataloged by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2006/10/30 |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 100 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Unfoliated leaf after fol. 44 |
Binding |
Wood boards. An incipit written in pencil on verso of second foreguard leaf. |
Binding Dimensions | 15 x 11 x 5.5 cm |
Condition Notes |
Leaf deterioration with some loss of text, fol. 18-26, 34-54, 84-91 |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-91v |
Century(ies) | 15th-16th century (?) |
Year Range | 1450-1550 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 14-22 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Decoration |
Miniature of the Madonna and child flanked by the archangels Michael and Gabriel on fol. 1r; miniature of Esṭifānos of Gunda Gundē on fol. 1v; ḥarag on fol. 2r |
Notes |
Account of the transfer of the land of Ānzā to Gunda Gundē by the śeyyums of Āgāmē, along with the curses of Abuna Yoḥannes (1710-1726 CE) against whoever violates the agreement, fol. 90v-91v |

Item Location | fol. 2r-90r |
Title | Gadla Esṭifānos |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ እስጢፋኖስ |
Alternate Title | Life of Esṭifānos of Gunda Gundē |
Alternate Title | Gadla Esṭifānos za-Gwendāgwendē |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ ወወልድ ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ ። ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ወቅዱስ ፡ ዓምደ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ማኅቶተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ አብ ፡ እስጢፋኖስ ፡ ለባሴ ፡ አክሊል ። ዘፈጻመ ፡ በድሮ ፡ በጽንዐ ፡ መዊእ ፡ በሀገረ ፡ ጓትር ፡ በመንግሥቱ ፡ ለድብ ፡ ፀር ፡ |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Tegrāy Province
![]() |
Repository |
Gunda Gundē Monastery
![]() |
Shelfmark | C3-IV-149 |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 100 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th-16th century (?) |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Architectural; Miniature(s) |
Notes |
Schneider, no. 111 |
Bibliography |
Antonio Mordini, "Il convento di Gunde Gundiè," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 12 (1953): 50 (presumably no. 146); Osvaldo Raineri, "I manoscritti etiopici fotografati da P. Emilio Ceccarini (1912-1979)," Quaderni utinensi 8 (1990 [pub. 1996]): 369 (no. 7); Osvaldo Raineri, "Aethiopica Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae," in Studi e Testi 423 (2004), 646; Getatchew Haile, The Gǝ'ǝz Acts of Abba Ǝsṭifanos of Gwǝndagwǝnde, in CSCO 619-620 (2006) (probably MS S) |
HMML Proj. Num. |
GG 00002 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/537650 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized by Ewa Balicka-Witakowska and Michael Gervers; cataloged by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2006/10/30 |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 100 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Unfoliated leaf after fol. 44 |
Binding |
Wood boards. An incipit written in pencil on verso of second foreguard leaf. |
Binding Dimensions | 15 x 11 x 5.5 cm |
Condition Notes |
Leaf deterioration with some loss of text, fol. 18-26, 34-54, 84-91 |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-91v |
Century(ies) | 15th-16th century (?) |
Year Range | 1450-1550 |
Support | Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 14-22 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Decoration |
Miniature of the Madonna and child flanked by the archangels Michael and Gabriel on fol. 1r; miniature of Esṭifānos of Gunda Gundē on fol. 1v; ḥarag on fol. 2r |
Notes |
Account of the transfer of the land of Ānzā to Gunda Gundē by the śeyyums of Āgāmē, along with the curses of Abuna Yoḥannes (1710-1726 CE) against whoever violates the agreement, fol. 90v-91v |
Item Location | fol. 2r-90r |
Title | Gadla Esṭifānos |
Title NS | ገድለ ፡ እስጢፋኖስ |
Alternate Title | Life of Esṭifānos of Gunda Gundē |
Alternate Title | Gadla Esṭifānos za-Gwendāgwendē |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Incipit | በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ ወወልድ ፡ ወመንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ ። ገድል ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ ዘብፁዕ ፡ ወቅዱስ ፡ ዓምደ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ማኅቶተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ አብ ፡ እስጢፋኖስ ፡ ለባሴ ፡ አክሊል ። ዘፈጻመ ፡ በድሮ ፡ በጽንዐ ፡ መዊእ ፡ በሀገረ ፡ ጓትር ፡ በመንግሥቱ ፡ ለድብ ፡ ፀር ፡ |
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