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EAP336/4/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002501036
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002501035
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023023062.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP336/4/1
- Title:
- Terguame Fetha Negest
- Scope & Content:
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It is a parchment manuscript of the commentary of the Fetha negest (Law of Kings) which has two parts: Feth Menfesawi (Spritual Law) and Feth Segawi (Secular Law).
System of arrangement: The vellumanuscript are arranged in different bunches (Gebeta) which are sewed together to form the volume. The sewed vellumanuscript are bound with a hard cover. The volume is not paginated. As the book does, the commentary is arranged according to the chapters. Physical characteristics: It is a hardbound volume made from wood covered with damp leather. The manuscript has three volumes. The measurement of the manuscript is 31x26x8 and the lines in each page are from 28-30.
Unknown date. Scribe: Wolde Amlak
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preserving the lay bet andemta: the Ethiopian Intellectual Legacy on the Verge of Extinction
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002501035
040-002501036 - Is part of:
- EAP336/4 : Memher Hayle Maryam Collection
EAP336/4/1 : Terguame Fetha Negest - Hierarchy:
- 032-002501035[0001]/040-002501036
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP336/4
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- One volume copied as 122 tiff images.
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP336-4-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 16th century-20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is part of Memher Hayle Maryam's (Dejen) private collection
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)