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Language Geez Name Ewostatewos, monk, c 1273-c 1352

1. EAP340/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP340/1
Title:
Däbrä Särabi Collection of Manuscripts [18th-20th century]
Scope & Content:
Four manuscripts out of a total of approximately 90 were digitized in Däbrä Särabi monastery, Däbrä Berhan, Tsera', Tigray, (Ethiopia). They include: 1) The Miracles of Mary, 2) The Miracles of Jesus, 3) Homilies on The Saviour of the World and 4) Homilies on the Archangel Michael. When old manu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century-20th century
Extent:
Four electronic folders containing 378 TIFF images

2. EAP340/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP340/1/1
Title:
Tä'ammerä maryam (Miracles of Mary) and one miracle of the Archangel Michael [18th-19th century]
Scope & Content:
The Tä'ammerä maryam (Miracles of Mary) were first translated into Ethiopic in the 15th c from Arabic and since then were developed and recomposed, a process which is still in progress; on the history of the text, cf. E. Balicka-Witakowska in Encyclopaedia Aethiopica vol. 4 pp. 789-795. Manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th-19th century
Extent:
Copied as 107 TIFF files to Archival Quality DVDs, one manuscript per DVD

3. EAP340/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP340/1/2
Title:
Tä'ammerä Iyäsus (Miracles of Jesus) and several historical documents [18th century]
Scope & Content:
The Tä'ammerä Iyäsus (Miracles of Jesus) were translated into Ethiopic from Arabic in the 14th century; each manuscript may contain a different collection of the miracles; on the history of the text cf. W. Witakowski, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 4 pp. 788-89. Manuscript contains 115 folios; di...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
Copied as 123 TIFF files to Archival Quality DVDs, one manuscript per DVD

4. EAP340/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP340/1/3
Title:
Collection of homilies on The Saviour of the World [18th century]
Scope & Content:
The Homilies on Jesus Christ are ascribed to different Church Fathers. In order to establish which ones are in this particular manuscript, a special philological study would be needed. Manuscript contains 70 folios; dimensions of the manuscript: 16x19.5x5 cm
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
Copied as 79 TIFF files to Archival Quality DVDs, one manuscript per DVD

5. EAP340/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP340/1/4
Title:
Collection of homilies on the Archangel Michael and a piece of poetry praising him; Homily on the Archangel Raphael [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The Homilies on the Archangel Michael are ascribed to different Church Fathers. They were probably translated from Arabic; date unknown, cf. G. Lusini, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica vol. 2, pp.139-40; the work is not edited or translated. The homily on Raphael is unknown; that text is neither edited n...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
Copied as 101 TIFF files to Archival Quality DVDs, one manuscript per DVD