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EAP336/1/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002501014
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002501013
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023023043.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP336/1/1
- Title:
- Terguame Orit Ze Yohannes Afe Werq [17th Century]
- Scope & Content:
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It is a parchment manuscript of the commentary of six books: the Pentateuch (Genesis [2b-64a], Exodus [64a-88b], Leviticus [88b-102b], Numbers [102b-116a], Deutronomey [116a-129a]) and the Book of Joshua [129a-145a]. The commentary is a Ge'ez commentary which is recognized as the commentary of Jhon Chrysostom. Though officially known as a translation work, it is seriously revised and used to be given widely in the lay bet tradition.
Physical characteristics: It is a hardbound volume made from wood covered with damp leather. Left leaf of page 018 is erased by water; parchmental damage happened on folio 143 is sewed. The measurement of the manuscript is 32x28x8 and the lines in each page (with some exceptions) are 28.
17th Century
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preserving the lay bet andemta: the Ethiopian Intellectual Legacy on the Verge of Extinction
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002501013
040-002501014 - Is part of:
- EAP336/1 : Aleqa Mengest's Private Collection [14th-17th centuries]
EAP336/1/1 : Terguame Orit Ze Yohannes Afe Werq [17th Century] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002501013[0001]/040-002501014
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP336/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- One volume copied as 149 tiff images.
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP336-1-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th Century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is part of Aleqa Mengest's private collection (Felege Berhan)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)