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Mandābbā Madḫāne ʿĀlam

Francesca Panini

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/INS0331Mandab

Names

መንዳባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ normalized: Mandābbā Madḫāne ʿĀlam alt: ማንዳባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ normalized: Māndābbā Madḫāne ʿĀlam alt: መንደ፡ አምባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ normalized: Manda ʾAmbā Madḫāne ʿĀlam alt: ማንደምባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ normalized: Māndambā Madḫāne ʿĀlam alt: ማንድባን፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ normalized: Māndǝbān Madḫāne ʿĀlam Gorgorā Ṭānā Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos Sowit ʾAlafā Takʷǝsā

መንዳባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡gez

alt: ማንዳባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡am

alt: መንደ፡ አምባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡am

alt: ማንደምባ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡am

alt: ማንድባን፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡am

General information

description: Located on the north shore of the lak, close to Gorgorā , Mandābbā Madḫāne ʿĀlam is the second largest monastery of the lake Ṭānā region after Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos . It had lands in the districts of Sowit , ʾAlafā and Takʷǝsā and, although they much reduced over time, they remained much greater than those of most other monasteries. The church was richly endowed and painted and still preserves paintings and objects of value. The paintings currently in the church were executed in 1983 by Tawalda Gabra Bǝrhan . The monastery holds a collection of manuscripts including Maṣḥāfa Ḥāwi, a short history of the monastery and a recently produced paper copy of the same produced by ? Za-Manfas Qǝddus Gabra Ṣādǝqān , the illumnated 14th cent. Acts of the Apostles and the 18th cent. Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel with 54 miniatures and the portrait on fols. 4v and 14v of its former owners, the noble couple Gabra Lǝʾul and Marʿāta Giyorgis .

Foundation date

14th century

Foundation story

It was allegedly founded in the 14th cent. by ? Yāsāy , son of ? ʿAmda Ṣǝyon I .

History

history: The main church established by ? Yāsāy seems to have survived most invasions undamaged and, according to the tradition, in the 16th cent. , Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ġāzī was chased away from the monastery by ? Gabriel and Michael . In the 17th cent. the church was renovated by ? Fāsiladas . This monastery was an important centre of learning and played a significant role in the religious disputes between Tawāḥǝdo and Qǝbāt teaching. Mandābbā Madḫāne ʿĀlam was not affected by the Mahdist invasions in the 19th cent. . In the 20th cent. , Mǝnilǝk II and ? Zawditu donated books to the library of the monastery, while Ḫāyla Śǝllāse I provided for an extensive renovation of the old church and ? Manan ʾAsfāw financed an adjoining church for women. The church survived the Darg period fairly well.

Tābots

tabot: 1 () .Entered as 1

In 2006 , some fragments depicting the scenes of the Passion were discovered inside an old manbara tābot.

Secondary Bibliography

  • Persoon, J. and E. Balicka-Witakowska 2007. ‘Mändabba Mädḫane ʿAläm’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 723a–724b.

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Publication Statement

authority
Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
publisher
Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
pubPlace
Hamburg
availability
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date
type=expanded
2022-01-05T13:29:38.215+01:00
date
type=lastModified
12.10.2016
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type=collection
institutions
idno
type=url
https://betamasaheft.eu/institutions/INS0331Mandab
idno
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https://betamasaheft.eu/INS0331Mandab
idno
type=filename
INS0331Mandab.xml
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type=ID
INS0331Mandab

Encoding Description

Encoded according to the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. These Guidelines detail the TEI format ruled by the Beta maṣāḥǝft Schema. The present TEI file is enriched with an Xquery transformation taking advantage of the exist-db database instance where the data is stored and of the many external resources to which this data points to.

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Administrative position
t:country ኢትዮጵያ
regional state ʾAmharā kǝllǝl
province በጌምድር
zone Samen Gondar
Coordinates 12.2179 37.2357
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Francesca Panini, ʻMandābbā Madḫāne ʿĀlamʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 12.10.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/institutions/INS0331Mandab [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]

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  • Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: CREATED: place on 12.10.2016

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