ʾAddis ʾAbabā, Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Library, EMML 650
Ralph Lee
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Hill Museum and Manuscript Library EMML no. 650, UNESCO 1-6, UNESCO Collection 1, Patriarch's Library 6, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 2751
General description
EMML 650
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
18th century, 1720/45
Provenance
Copied for the tabot of Giyorgis (i.e. the Church of St. George) at the command of Gorgoryos; apparently paid for by Qadami Qal, who is probably to be identified with King Abbiye of Shoa [1720-1745] (f. 58b). In Patriarchate Library when filmed.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–2v ), Ṣalota kidān
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 2v–3v ), Theological Letter from the scholars of Azazo to the People of Shewa
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 4r–17v ), Introduction to the Gospels
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 18r–18v ), Historical notes and commentary on the Four Gospels
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 19r–143r ), Four Gospels
Contents
check the viewerFols 2v–3v Theological Letter from the scholars of Azazo to the People of Shewa
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 18r–18v Historical notes and commentary on the Four Gospels
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 19r–143r Four Gospels (CAe 1560) with mnemonic devices throughout the margins
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFols. ir, iv, iir, iiv
Various secondary notes
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check the viewerFol. 56r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note of ownership of the book by the Church of Giyorgis and mention of the one who commissioned the book
Catalogue Bibliography
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Macomber, W. F. 1976. A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, II: Project Numbers 301–700 (Collegeville, MN: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St. John’s Abbey and University, 1976).
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 215mm |
Width | 185mm |
Foliation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Ff. 6a-17a were copied for Walda Sellase (prayer, f. 14a). Stamp of the Patriarchate Library, ff. 1a, 4a, 44a, 47a, 76a, 81a, 88a, 144b, 145b.
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
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Publication Statement
Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Digitized also by EMIP
Permalink: https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202486.
HMML Fol. 21b-25a, 86b-87a, and 117b-118a filmed twice
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Alessandro Bausi, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻʾAddis ʾAbabā, Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Library, EMML 650ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 11.1.2023) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMML650 [Accessed: 2024-04-19+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski merged EMML650 and EMIP02751 on 11.1.2023
- Ralph Lee Added text lang for ms i 4 on 11.6.2021
- Ralph Lee Created EMIP entity on 8.6.2021
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created minimal EMML record with link from data sent from Daniel Gullo, HMML project. on 30.11.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor