Addis Ababa, Ethiopian National Archives and Library Agency, NALE 17
Eugenia Sokolinski
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Hill Museum and Manuscript Library NL MS 17, UNESCO 2-17, UNESCO Collection 2, NALA 17, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 2810
General description
NL MS 17
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
2 Maggābit 1901 EC
Provenance
Ethiopia, Goğğām Province, Dabra Warq. Donated by Emperor Ḫāyla Śellāsē to the National Library on 23 Genbot 1936 EC (31 May 1944 CE), fol. 2r
Summary
- ms_i1 (), Commentaries on Old Testament books fol. 3r-241r
Contents
Commentaries on Old Testament books fol. 3r-241r
Language of text: Amharic
Commentary on Proverbs, fol. 3r-21v; commentary on Wisdom of Solomon, fol. 22r-39v; commentary on Ecclesiastes, fol. 39v-50r; commentary on Daniel, fol. 50r-69v; commentary on 4 Ezra, fol. 69v-94v; commentary on Hosea, fol. 94v-104v; commentary on Amos, fol. 104v-110r; commentary on Micah, fol. 110r-115r; commentary on Joel, fol. 115r-118v; commentary on Obadiah, fol. 118v-119v; commentary on Jonah, fol. 119v-121r; commentary on Nahum, fol. 121r-123v; commentary on Habakkuk, fol. 123v-128v; commentary on Zephaniah, fol. 128v-129v; commentary on Haggai, fol. 130r-131v; commentary on Zechariah, fol. 131v-141r; commentary on Malachi, fol. 141r-143r; commentary on Jeremiah, fol. 149r-170v; commentary on Baruch, fol. 170v-171r; commentary on Lamentations, fol. 171r-174v; commentary on the Letter of Jeremiah, fol. 174v-175r; commentary on the Prophecy to Pashur, fol. 175rv; commentary on 4 Baruch, fol. 175v-178v; commentary on Job, fol. 178v-210r; commentary on 1 Maccabees, fol. 213r-219v; commentary on 2 Maccabees, fol. 219v-221v; commentary on 3 Maccabees, fol. 222r-223v; commentary on Tobit, fol. 223v-228r; commentary on Judith, fol. 228r-234v; commentary on Esther, fol. 234v-241rAdditions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
- Table of contents, fol. 2v
Catalogue Bibliography
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Anon. 1970. Catalogue of Manuscripts Microfilmed: Ethiopian Monastries (Addis Ababa: Ministry of Education and Fine Arts-Department of Fine Arts and Culture, 1970).
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Catalogue of the Ethiopian Manuscripts in the National Library of Ethiopia 1962. (1962).10
Secondary Bibliography
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Cowley, R. W. 1988. Ethiopian Biblical Interpretation: A Study in Exegetical Tradition and Hermeneutics, University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, 38 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). 457-462
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 205mm |
Width | 160mm |
Depth | mm |
Foliation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26-32-
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Copied by ጽጌ (baptismal name ተክለ ፡ ወልድ), fol. 69v, 210r, 221v, and completed on 2 Maggābit 1901 EC (11 March 1909 CE), fol. 241rSelect one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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