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Country Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Addis Ababa Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository National Archives and Library of Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Shelfmark NL MS 28
Common Name Gospels of Krestos Tasfāna; National Library Gospels
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 327 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 14th century
Language(s) Ge'ez
Genre(s) Bibles; Gospels
Feature(s) Canon table(s); Decoration, Architectural; Illumination; Miniature(s)
Notes

Quire inserted into codex: fol. 1-8 are from another 13th/14th century manuscript, containing a section of the homily of pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem on the resurrection (CPG, no. 3598). Previous National Library shelfmark A. 5.

Bibliography

Pāwlos Ṣādwā, "Un manoscritto etiopico degli evangeli," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 11 (1952): 9-28; Catalogue of the Ethiopian Manuscripts in the National Library of Ethiopia (1962); Jules Leroy, Stephen Wright, and Otto A. Jäger, Ethiopia: Illuminated Manuscripts (1961); Koptische Kunst. Christentum am Nil. 3. Mai bis 15. August 1963 in Villa Hügel, Essen (1963), 423-424 and color plate 15; Catalogue of Manuscripts Microfilmed by the UNESCO Mobile Microfilm Unit in Addis Ababa and Gojjam Province (1970); Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice: The Synoptic Gospels. General Introduction - Edition of the Gospel of Mark, in Äthiopistische Forschungen 27 (1989); Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice. Part III: The Gospel of Matthew, in Aethiopistische Forschungen 55 (2001); Michael G. Wechsler, Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum, in CSCO 617 (2005)

Ext. Bibliography

Madeleine Schneider, "Deux actes de donation en arabe," Annales d'Éthiopie 8 (1970): 79-87

 
Ext. Bibliography

William F. Macomber, "Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts... from microfilms in the collection of Dr. Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 73-74

 
Alt. Surrogate SEP DAVIES 00003
HMML Proj. Num.

UNESCO 2-28

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/533988
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Microfilm held by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, digitized by EMIP; cataloged by Ted Erho.
Surrogate Format Scanned Microform
Reproduction Notes Fols. 87v-88r, 277v-278r, 303v-304r not microfilmed
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 327 leaf(ves)
Provenance

Copied for ክርስቶስ ፡ ተስፋነ, abbot of Ḥayq Esṭifānos, prayers fol. 16v, 259v; monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos to 1946 CE; note, dated 30 Maggābit 1938 EC (8 April 1946 CE), that the manuscript was brought from Ḥayq by alaqā ḥaraga ወይን ፡ በየነ, fol. 327v; note, dated 1 Miyāzyā 1938 EC (9 April 1946 CE), that the manuscript was brought from the monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos by alaqā ḥaraga ወይን ፡ በየነ, fol. 327r; accessioned by the National Library of Ethiopia in 1946 CE. Exhibited in Essen 3 May-15 August 1963.

Condition Notes

Water stains with some loss of text

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 9r-327v
Place of Origin Ethiopia, Wallo Province
Century(ies) 14th century
Year Range 1300-1340
Support Parchment
Support Dimensions 30 x 20.5 cm
Page Layout 2 columns, 22-25 lines per page
Writing System Ethiopic
Decoration

Miniature of a tempietto on fol. 14r; miniature of Gabra Ṣeyon, Iyasus Mo'a, (Za-)Iyasus, and Krestos Tasfāna on fol. 16v; miniature of the presentation of Mary on fol. 17r; miniature of the annunciation to Mary and of how Joseph made Mary drink the bitter water on fol. 17v; miniature of the animals worshiping the newborn Jesus and of the shepherds seeing the star on fol. 18r; miniature of the magi approaching Jesus with the angel of God stopped above on fol. 18v; miniature of the flight of the holy family to Egypt on fol. 19r; miniature of the massacre of the innocents on fol. 19v; miniature of the journey of the holy family in Egypt and of the baptism of Jesus on fol. 20r; miniature of the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on fol. 20v; miniature of Zaccheus in the tree and of those who went up to the roof of the Temple on fol. 21r; miniature of Peter's denial on fol. 21v; miniature of Jesus' arrest on fol. 22r; miniature of the crucifixion on fol. 22v; miniature of the entombment on fol. 23r; miniature of the resurrection on fol. 23v; miniature of the ascension of Jesus on fol. 24r; miniature of Matthew on fol. 25v; miniature of Mark on fol. 119v; miniature of Luke on fol. 171v; miniature of John on fol. 259v; decorated canon tables on fol. 10v-13v; architectural decoration on fol. 9r-10r.

Notes

Land donation by aqābē sa'āt ሕዝበ ፡ ጽዮን for the commemoration of his father dated 7 Bashans 1091 AM (2 May 1375 CE), in Arabic, fol. 14v; proscription of land by aqābē sa'āt ነገደ ፡ ክርስቶስ for his commemoration, fol. 16r; hymn to Iyasus Mo'a, ሰላም ፡ ለከ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ሞአ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ማኅደረ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ..., fol. 35r-37v; poem about Dabra Ḥayq, fol. 38r; reconfirmation by aqābē sa'āt ሚካኤል of a land grant to አበስኪሮን made by aqābē sa'āt ተክለ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ሞአ, fol. 118v; land donation to Ḥayq by ደመ ፡ ወልድ, fol. 257v; restoration of land to ማርያም by aqābē sa'āt ዮሐንስ dated 17 Ḫedār in the 2nd year of mercy (13 November 1349 CE), fol. 258r; agreement for payments to Ḥayq for use of lands dated 7132 AM (1639/1640 CE), fol. 258v-259r; land donation by aqābē sa'āt ዮሐንስ for the commemoration of his father dated to the 6th year of mercy (1353/4 CE), fol. 259r; poorly legible or erased note, fol. 327v

Item Location fol. 9r-16r, 24v-327r
Title Gospels
Uniform Title Bible. Gospels Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Language(s) Ge'ez
Contents Detail

Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 9r-10r; Eusebian canons, fol. 10v-13v; synoptic presentation concerning the agreement of the four gospels, fol. 15r-16r; tituli for Matthew, fol. 24v-25r; Matthew, fol. 26r-118v; tituli for Mark, fol. 118v-119r; Mark, fol. 120r-170r; tituli for Luke, fol. 170r-171r; Luke, fol. 172r-257v; tituli for John, fol. 258v; John, fol. 260r-327r

Item Notes

Final four folios are later replacement leaves

Country Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Addis Ababa Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository National Archives and Library of Ethiopia Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Shelfmark NL MS 28
Common Name Gospels of Krestos Tasfāna; National Library Gospels
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 327 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 14th century
Language(s) Ge'ez
Genre(s) Bibles; Gospels
Feature(s) Canon table(s); Decoration, Architectural; Illumination; Miniature(s)
Notes

Quire inserted into codex: fol. 1-8 are from another 13th/14th century manuscript, containing a section of the homily of pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem on the resurrection (CPG, no. 3598). Previous National Library shelfmark A. 5.

Bibliography

Pāwlos Ṣādwā, "Un manoscritto etiopico degli evangeli," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 11 (1952): 9-28; Catalogue of the Ethiopian Manuscripts in the National Library of Ethiopia (1962); Jules Leroy, Stephen Wright, and Otto A. Jäger, Ethiopia: Illuminated Manuscripts (1961); Koptische Kunst. Christentum am Nil. 3. Mai bis 15. August 1963 in Villa Hügel, Essen (1963), 423-424 and color plate 15; Catalogue of Manuscripts Microfilmed by the UNESCO Mobile Microfilm Unit in Addis Ababa and Gojjam Province (1970); Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice: The Synoptic Gospels. General Introduction - Edition of the Gospel of Mark, in Äthiopistische Forschungen 27 (1989); Rochus Zuurmond, Novum Testamentum Aethiopice. Part III: The Gospel of Matthew, in Aethiopistische Forschungen 55 (2001); Michael G. Wechsler, Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum, in CSCO 617 (2005)

Ext. Bibliography

Madeleine Schneider, "Deux actes de donation en arabe," Annales d'Éthiopie 8 (1970): 79-87

 
Ext. Bibliography

William F. Macomber, "Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts... from microfilms in the collection of Dr. Donald Davies...," (unpublished manuscript, 1979), 73-74

 
Alt. Surrogate SEP DAVIES 00003
HMML Proj. Num.

UNESCO 2-28

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/533988
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Microfilm held by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, digitized by EMIP; cataloged by Ted Erho.
Surrogate Format Scanned Microform
Reproduction Notes Fols. 87v-88r, 277v-278r, 303v-304r not microfilmed
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 327 leaf(ves)
Provenance

Copied for ክርስቶስ ፡ ተስፋነ, abbot of Ḥayq Esṭifānos, prayers fol. 16v, 259v; monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos to 1946 CE; note, dated 30 Maggābit 1938 EC (8 April 1946 CE), that the manuscript was brought from Ḥayq by alaqā ḥaraga ወይን ፡ በየነ, fol. 327v; note, dated 1 Miyāzyā 1938 EC (9 April 1946 CE), that the manuscript was brought from the monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos by alaqā ḥaraga ወይን ፡ በየነ, fol. 327r; accessioned by the National Library of Ethiopia in 1946 CE. Exhibited in Essen 3 May-15 August 1963.

Condition Notes

Water stains with some loss of text

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 9r-327v
Place of Origin Ethiopia, Wallo Province
Century(ies) 14th century
Year Range 1300-1340
Support Parchment
Support Dimensions 30 x 20.5 cm
Page Layout 2 columns, 22-25 lines per page
Writing System Ethiopic
Decoration

Miniature of a tempietto on fol. 14r; miniature of Gabra Ṣeyon, Iyasus Mo'a, (Za-)Iyasus, and Krestos Tasfāna on fol. 16v; miniature of the presentation of Mary on fol. 17r; miniature of the annunciation to Mary and of how Joseph made Mary drink the bitter water on fol. 17v; miniature of the animals worshiping the newborn Jesus and of the shepherds seeing the star on fol. 18r; miniature of the magi approaching Jesus with the angel of God stopped above on fol. 18v; miniature of the flight of the holy family to Egypt on fol. 19r; miniature of the massacre of the innocents on fol. 19v; miniature of the journey of the holy family in Egypt and of the baptism of Jesus on fol. 20r; miniature of the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on fol. 20v; miniature of Zaccheus in the tree and of those who went up to the roof of the Temple on fol. 21r; miniature of Peter's denial on fol. 21v; miniature of Jesus' arrest on fol. 22r; miniature of the crucifixion on fol. 22v; miniature of the entombment on fol. 23r; miniature of the resurrection on fol. 23v; miniature of the ascension of Jesus on fol. 24r; miniature of Matthew on fol. 25v; miniature of Mark on fol. 119v; miniature of Luke on fol. 171v; miniature of John on fol. 259v; decorated canon tables on fol. 10v-13v; architectural decoration on fol. 9r-10r.

Notes

Land donation by aqābē sa'āt ሕዝበ ፡ ጽዮን for the commemoration of his father dated 7 Bashans 1091 AM (2 May 1375 CE), in Arabic, fol. 14v; proscription of land by aqābē sa'āt ነገደ ፡ ክርስቶስ for his commemoration, fol. 16r; hymn to Iyasus Mo'a, ሰላም ፡ ለከ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ሞአ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ማኅደረ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ..., fol. 35r-37v; poem about Dabra Ḥayq, fol. 38r; reconfirmation by aqābē sa'āt ሚካኤል of a land grant to አበስኪሮን made by aqābē sa'āt ተክለ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ሞአ, fol. 118v; land donation to Ḥayq by ደመ ፡ ወልድ, fol. 257v; restoration of land to ማርያም by aqābē sa'āt ዮሐንስ dated 17 Ḫedār in the 2nd year of mercy (13 November 1349 CE), fol. 258r; agreement for payments to Ḥayq for use of lands dated 7132 AM (1639/1640 CE), fol. 258v-259r; land donation by aqābē sa'āt ዮሐንስ for the commemoration of his father dated to the 6th year of mercy (1353/4 CE), fol. 259r; poorly legible or erased note, fol. 327v

Item Location fol. 9r-16r, 24v-327r
Title Gospels
Uniform Title Bible. Gospels Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Language(s) Ge'ez
Contents Detail

Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 9r-10r; Eusebian canons, fol. 10v-13v; synoptic presentation concerning the agreement of the four gospels, fol. 15r-16r; tituli for Matthew, fol. 24v-25r; Matthew, fol. 26r-118v; tituli for Mark, fol. 118v-119r; Mark, fol. 120r-170r; tituli for Luke, fol. 170r-171r; Luke, fol. 172r-257v; tituli for John, fol. 258v; John, fol. 260r-327r

Item Notes

Final four folios are later replacement leaves

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