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Or 680
- Record Id:
- 032-003411405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003411405
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059683960.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147241992.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 680
- Title:
- ገድለ ሐዋርያት, The Acts of the Apostles.
- Scope & Content:
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An Ethiopian manuscript containing:
The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, imperfect at the beginning, one quire being lost.
f. 1r. The Acts of St. Peter and his Martyrdom, f. 16v.
f. 19r. The Acts of St. Paul and his Martyrdom, f. 68v.
f. 70r. The Discourse of Dionysius the Areopapagite,
f. 76r. The Preaching of St. Simon, the son of Cleopas and his Martyrdom.
f. 78r. The Preaching of St. James the Just and his Martyrdom, f. 79r.
f. 81r. The Acts of S. Andrew.
f. 91r. The Preaching of S. Bartholomew, and his Martyrdom, f. 94v.
f. 97r. Acts of St. Thomas,
f. 105r. The Acts of St. Matthew and his Martyrdom, f. 109v.
f. 112r. The Martyrdom of St. Luke.
f. 115r. The Preaching of St. Philip and his Martyrdom, f. 117v. (the name of St. Andrew has been inserted here by mistake, but corrected).
f. 120r. The Preaching of St. Andrew.
f. 126r. The Acts of St. Andrew and St. Bartholomew and the Martyrdom of St. Andrew, f. 136r.
ff. 138-143r. Acts of St. Thomas.
f. 147r. The Life of St. John, by Prochorus and the Death of St. John, f. 156r.
f. 159v. The Martyrdom of St. James, the son of Alphseus, Defective at the end, part of f. 160 having been cut away.
f. 161r. The Acts of St. Matthias,; his Martyrdom, f. 167r.
f. 169r. The Acts of St. James, the son of Zebedee and his Martyrdom, f. 171r.
f.173r. The Martyrdom of St. Mark,
f. 176r. The Preaching of St. Thomas, and his Martyrdom, f. 184r.
f. 188r. The Preaching of St. Jude or Thaddseus.
f. 191r. The names of the tribes of the 12 Apostles, and the names of their parents.
f. 192r.The dates of their Martyrdoms of the Apostles.
Colophon: f. 192r, states that this Ms. was written by one 'Anorewos, አኖሬዎስ አባ፡ for Abba Mazmura Dengel, መዝሙረ፡ ድንግል፡, in the 1st year of the reign of Theophilus ('lyasu is a later alteration), A.M. 7204=A.D. 1711-12.
f.192v-193v. Salam to Abba Garima.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ethiopian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003411405
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003411405
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147241992.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1711
- End Date:
- 1712
- Date Range:
- 1711-1712
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Parchment codex. 193 folios. Text written in 3 columns of 25 or 26 lines. 355 x 330 mm. In the original boards, 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.65-66.
- Publications:
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Pisani, V. (2015) ‘The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: unknown witnesses from East Tegray’, in Bausi, A. et al. (eds) Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies. Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa, Hamburg, 17-19 July 2014. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag (Supplement to Aethiopica, 4), pp. 75–94.
Müller-Kessler, C. and Sokoloff, M. (1998) A Corpus of Christian Palestinian Aramaic, IIB: The Christian Palestinian Aramaic New Testament Version from the Early Period: Acts of the Apostles and Epistles. Edited by C. Müller-Kessler and M. Sokoloff. Groningen: Styx Publications.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)