Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Collections, CUL Or. 1878
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
This manuscript is comprised of four works, the Testament of Abraham, Testament of Isaac, Testament of Jacob (ገድለ ፡ አብርሃም, ገድለ ፡ ይስሐቅ, ገድለ ፡ ያዕቆብ), and a homily attributed to Ephrem on Abraham and Sarah in Egypt (ድርሳነ ፡ ሳራ), which in the Ethiopian tradition is almost always circulate together as a unit.
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
19th cent.
Original Location: Ethiopia
Provenance
Ethiopia
Acquisition
Donated to Cambridge University by Armbruster, C. H. (Carl Hubert), 1874-1957 on 19 August 1957
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerff. 5r-19v ), Gädlä AbrǝhamTestament of Abraham
- ms_i2 (check the viewerff. 20r-34r ), Testament of Isaac
- ms_i3 (check the viewerff. 34v-44v ), Testament of Jacob
- ms_i4 (check the viewerff. 44v-55r ), Homily of St. Ephrem on Abraham and Sarah in Egypt
Contents
check the viewerff. 5r-19v Gädlä Abrǝham (CAe 1412) See in FIHRIST.
Relations Bibliography , item 1
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THIS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD (
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Gadla ʾAbrǝhām (general record)
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THIS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD (
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Gadla ʾAbrǝhām (general record)
Language of text:
check the viewerff. 20r-34r Testament of Isaac (CAe 1517) See in FIHRIST.
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THIS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD (
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Gadla Yǝsḥaq (general record)
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check the viewerff. 34v-44v Testament of Jacob (CAe 1510) See in FIHRIST.
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Gadla Yāʿqob (general record)
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Catalogue Bibliography
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Ullendorff, E. and S. Wright 1961. Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961).
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Extent
Leaf dimensions | |
Height | 11.4cm |
Width | 7.6cm |
Binding
Leather over wooden boards with full blind decoration on both. Stitched turn-ins at head and tail of spine. Braided leather endbands
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewer1 check the viewer4 check the viewer56 )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
written in black ink
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Publication Statement
Encoding Description
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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻCambridge, Cambridge University Library Collections, CUL Or. 1878ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-10-28) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/CamOr1878 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Transformed file from Fihrist, Or_1878. Original file for transformation viewable at https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_16739 downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/fihristorg/fihrist-mss/blob/master/collections/cambridge%20university/Or_1878.xml on 28.10.2021
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor