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Record Id:

032-003346667

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003346667

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100035884571.0x000001

LARK:

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SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 516

Title:

አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

The Four Gospels.

f. 5r. The Gospel of Matthew with introduction section on the Evangelists.

f. 65v. the Gospel of Mark with introduction paragraph and index of section.

f. 101r. Gospel of Luke with introduction and index of section.

f. 156r. Gospel of John with introduction and index of section.

Decoration: Number of illustrations 9.There are portraits of the Evangelists and their disciples on foil. 4v, 64v, 100v, and 156v. The first page of each Gospel is also decorated; and there is a picture of S. George slaying the dragon on f.99v.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003346667

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Hierarchy:

032-003346667

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_516 (digital images currently unavailable)

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, 254 x 228 mm. Two columns each of 20 lines. ff. 231. ( i+231+i)

Custodial History:

Usage Statement: The Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see:

Wright, William, Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847 (London: The British Museum, 1877), pp 27-28.

Publications:

[Ethiopic New Testament]. (1949). Guilford [England: Printed by Billing and Son.

Abraha, Tedros. (2016). The Ethiopic version of 1 and 2 Corinthians . [Italy Rome]

Chojnacki, S., 1983. Major themes in Ethiopian painting: Indigenous developments, the influence of foreign models, and their adaptation from the 13th to the 19th century. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner.

Leroy, J., 1967. Ethiopian painting in the late Middle Ages and under the Gondar dynasty. London: Merlin.

Mahạ̄ri, L. L. (1959). Masạ̄hẹfta hạddisāt sostu: Nebāb kanna-tergāmē. Addis Ababā: Artistic Press.

Wechsler, M. G., 2005. Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum. Lovanii [Louvain, Belgium]: Peeters.

ወንጌል፡ቅዱስ፡ዘእግዚእነ፡ወመድኀኒነ፡ኢየሱስ፡ክርስቶስ : ወመጻሕፍቲሆሙ፡ለሐዋርያቱ፡ቅዱሳን-

Wangél qedus zaʼegziʼena wamadh̲anina ʼIyasus Kerestos: Wamaṣāḥeftihomu laḥawāryātu qedusān. (1927). Guildford: Printed by Billing and Son.

Zuurmond, R., 1989. Novum Testamentum aethiopice: The synoptic Gospels. Wiesbaden: Steiner.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)