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Or 508

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032-003387085

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032-003387085

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Or 508

Title:

አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

f. 1v. Donations of king 'IyasuII.,Berhan Sagad (A.D. 1730-55), and his mother Walatta Giyorgis, Berhan Mdgasa, to the church of Kweskwam, at Dabra Zahai near Gondar, ነዋ ወሁበነ ንሕነ ንጉሠ ነገሥት ኢያሱ ዘስመ መንግሥትነ ብርሃን ሰገድ. ብርሃን ሞገሳ ለቤተ ክርስቲያነ ቍስቋም. እንተ ሕንጽት በምድረ ላይ ጎንደር ዘትስመይ ድበረ ፀሓይ. አልባሳተ ዘሐረር ወዘርቤታተ.

f. 6r. The introduction to the Four Gospels.

f. 11r. Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus.

f. 12r. The Eusebian Canons.

f. 19r. Vow of dedication by king Theophilus, Asrar Sagad (A.D. 1708-11).

f. 20r. The Gospel of Matthew. Prefixed are the paragraph entitled ግጻዌ ሥርዓት በእንተ አኅብር ቃላት ዘአርባዕቱ ወንጌላት, and another on the Evangelists, especially S. Matthew, with an index of the sections in his Gospel, f. 18 r.

f. 100r. The Gospel of Mark.

f. 149r. The Gospel of Luke, with a short account of the Evangelist, and an index of the sections, f. 147r.

f. 220v-221v. List of the names of the Nicene Fathers.

f. 221v. Three short deeds of the reigns of 'Iyasu (III. ).

f. 222r. List of clergy and others, who were to undertake certain duties.

f. 222v. Deeds of the reign of Takla Giyorgis.

f. 223r. The Gospel of John ; with a short account of the Evangelist, and an index of the sections, f. 219v.

f. 227v. List of furniture.

f. 277v. Deeds, or copies of deeds, of the reigns of Susenyos, Theophilus, Bakafa, 'lyasii II., 'lyo'as, Takla Haimanot, Salomon II., Takla Giyorgis, 'lyasu III., Ba-'eda Maryam, and 'Eguala Seyon or Gwalu. That on f. 278 a records the building of the church which Theophilus had vowed (see f. 19 r) and its endowment.

Decoration: Prefixed to each Gospel is a portrait of the Evangelist, with his emblem ; and there are many other pictures throughout the volume. ff. 3r, 20r, ff. 21v. 22v-23r, 23v, 25r, 25v, 27r, 33v, 34r, 35r, 36v, 38v, 39r, 39v, 40r, 45r, 46r, 46v, 49r, 53r, 54r, 54v, 57r, 58r, 59v, 61r, 62r, 63r, 66v, 69r, 70r, 71r, 71v, 72v, 79r, 84v, 85r, 86r, 87v, 88v, 89r, 91r, 93r, 93v, 94r, 94v, 95v, 96v, 97v, 98v, 100r, 100v, 101r, 101v, 102v, 103v, 104r, 105v, 106r, 107r, 108v, 110r, 111r, 112v, 113r, 114r, 115r, 116r, 117r, 119r, 120r, 122v, 124r, 124v, 128v, 129r, 129v, 134r, 136v, 138r, 139r, 140r, 141r, 142v, 143r, 144v, 145r, 146r, 146v, 149r, 150r, 151r, 151v, 153v, 154r, 155r, 156v, 157r, 158r, 159v, 162r, 163r, 163v, 165r, 165v, 166v, 169r, 169v, 171v, 173r, 174v, 175v, 176v, 177r, 178r, 179v, 180r, 180v, 200r, 201v, 202r, 204r, 204v, 207v, 209v, 211v, 212r, 213r, 215r, 216r, 217v, 218v, 223r, 224v, 226v, 227r, 230r, 232v, 233v, 236v, 242v, 245v, 252r, 253v, 254r, 257r, 258r, 266v, 269r, 270v,272r, ,273v, 275v.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, ff. 287. 406 x 355 mm. In 3 columns, 27 to 27 lines. In the original boards, lined with flowered silk and covered with stamped leather.

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. 29-30.

Publications:

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

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]:

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

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