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Addis Ababa, Ethiopian National Archives and Library Agency, NALE 28

Dorothea Reule

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Other identifiers: NALE 5, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library NL MS 28, UNESCO 2-28, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 2821, Gospels of Krestos Tasfāna

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General description

Gospels of Krestos Tasfāna

Number of Text units: 0

Number of Codicological units: 2

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Origin

Original Location: Dabra Ḥayq ʾƎsṭifānos↗

1300-1499

Provenance

Copied for ክርስቶስ ፡ ተስፋነ, abbot of Ḥayq Esṭifānos, prayers fol. 16v, 259v; monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos to 1946 CE; note, dated 30 Maggābit 1938 EC (8 April 1946 CE), that the manuscript was brought from Ḥayq by alaqā ḥaraga ወይን ፡ በየነ, fol. 327v; note, dated 1 Miyāzyā 1938 EC (9 April 1946 CE), that the manuscript was brought from the monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos by alaqā ḥaraga ወይን ፡ በየነ, fol. 327r; accessioned by the National Library of Ethiopia in 1946 CE. Exhibited in Essen 3 May-15 August 1963.

Summary

Pp. 1-16: Excerpt from a non-canonical Acts of the Apostles, focused on the events of Holy Thursday. Pp 17-27: The Euseboan canon tables. P. 28: a text in Arabic (with Coptic header and footer). Pp. 29-31: Introduction to the four gospels. P. 31: land transaction, written in a later hand. Four Gospels, አርባዕቱ፡ ወንጌል፡ Illuminations: P. 32: Four Saints Gabra Tsion, Iyasus Moa, ZaIyesus, Krestos Tasfan. P. 33: The entrance of Mary into the Temple. P. 32 (second): Annunciation (top) and Joseph giving Mary to drink (th e water with dust from the Temple floor). P. 33 (second): Ox and Donkey worship Jesus in the Nativity (top), the shepherds of Bethlehem (bottom). P. 34: (top) Angel of God stands over the place of Mary and the Infant; (bottom) the three wise men. P. 35:(top) the angel stands over (bottom) the flight to Egypt. P. 36 (How Herod killed the children of Bethlehem. P. 37 (top) how Mary cried on the road to Qwesquam; (bottom) the baptism of Jesus. P. 38: How Jesus entered into Jerusalem with his disciples. P. 39: How Zacheus ascended the tree to see Jesus. P. 40: How mary cried; how John stands afar; how Peter betrayed. P. 41: the arrest in the garden. P. 42: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." P 43: Joseph and Nicodemus bury Jesus. P. 44: How John and Peter run to the tomb. P. 45: The Ascension of Jesus Christ. Pp. 47-48: Table of Contents for the Gospel of Matthew. P. 49: Portrait of Matthew. Pp. 49-234: The Gospel of Matthew. P. 234: Record of inheritance, in later hand. Pp. 234-235: Table of Contents for the Gospel of Mark. P. 246: Portrait of Mark. Pp. 247-337: The Gospel of Mark. Pp. 337-339: Talbe of Contents for the Gospel of Luke. P. 340: Portrait of Luke. Pp. 341-512: The Gospel of Luke. P. 512: Record of gift of land to the church in Hayk. P. 513: Record of land grant for church of Hayk, mentioning the fifth year (1349) of emperor Sayfa Ar'ad (1344-1371). Pp. 514: Table of Contents of the Gospel of John. P. 514: record of gift to land mentioning Hayk and Fasiladas (1632-1667). P. 515: Record of gift of land, mentioning Hayk. P. 516: Portrait of John. Pp. 517-651: Gospel of John. P. 651: Note that the manuscript was brought from Hayk Estifanos in 1938 AM.

    Contents

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • 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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    • Macomber, W. F. 1979. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts from Abbā Garimā, As̆atan (Church of St. Mary), Axum (Church of Zion), Dabra Bizan, Dabra Dāmo, Dabra Libanos, Gunda Gundē, Kebrān, Lālibalā (Church of the Savior of the World, Emmanuel Church), Maqalē, Ura, Kidāna Meḥrat, Monastery of Dabra Dāgā (Church of St. Stephen), Monastery of Lake Zewāy, Dabra Māryām, National Library and Haiq from Microfilms in the Collection of Dr. Donald Davies, De Land, Florida and Godfrey, Ontario, and of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota (Collegeville, MN: privately reproduced, 1979). page 73-74
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    • Catalogue of the Ethiopian Manuscripts in the National Library of Ethiopia 1962. (1962).
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    332 (leaf) .Entered as 332 295 205
    Outer dimensions
    Height 295mm
    Width 205mm
    Depth mm

    Foliation

    The manuscript has been paginated in Ge'ez numbers

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    Water stains with some loss of text

    Binding

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 3

    Number of lines: 29-31-

    Codicological Unit p1

    Summary of codicological unit 1

    Quire inserted into codex: fol. 1-8 are from another 13th/14th century manuscript, containing a section of the homily of pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem on the resurrection (CPG, no. 3598)

      Contents

      Physical Description of codicological unit 1

      Form of support of codicological unit 1

      Parchment Codex

      Extent of codicological unit 1

      8 (leaf) .Entered as 8

      Codicological Unit p2

      Summary of codicological unit 2

      Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, fol. 9r-10r; Eusebian canons, fol. 10v-13v; synoptic presentation concerning the agreement of the four gospels, fol. 15r-16r; tituli for Matthew, fol. 24v-25r; Matthew, fol. 26r-118v; tituli for Mark, fol. 118v-119r; Mark, fol. 120r-170r; tituli for Luke, fol. 170r-171r; Luke, fol. 172r-257v; tituli for John, fol. 258v; John, fol. 260r-327r

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        Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total .

        1. Land donation by aqābē sa'āt ሕዝበ ፡ ጽዮን for the commemoration of his father dated 7 Bashans 1091 AM (2 May 1375 CE), in Arabic, fol. 14v

        2. proscription of land by aqābē sa'āt ነገደ ፡ ክርስቶስ for his commemoration, fol. 16r

        3. hymn to Iyasus Mo'a, ሰላም ፡ ለከ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ሞአ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ማኅደረ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ ቅዱስ..., fol. 35r-37v

        4. poem about Dabra Ḥayq, fol. 38r

        5. reconfirmation by aqābē sa'āt ሚካኤል of a land grant to አበስኪሮን made by aqābē sa'āt ተክለ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ሞአ, fol. 118v

        6. land donation to Ḥayq by ደመ ፡ ወልድ, fol. 257v

        7. restoration of land to ማርያም by aqābē sa'āt ዮሐንስ dated 17 Ḫedār in the 2nd year of mercy (13 November 1349 CE), fol. 258r

        8. agreement for payments to Ḥayq for use of lands dated 7132 AM (1639/1640 CE), fol. 258v-259r

        9. land donation by aqābē sa'āt ዮሐንስ for the commemoration of his father dated to the 6th year of mercy (1353/4 CE), fol. 259r

        10. poorly legible or erased note, fol. 327v

        Decoration of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total .

        Physical Description of codicological unit 2

        Form of support of codicological unit 2

        Parchment Codex

        Extent of codicological unit 2

        319 (leaf) .Entered as 319 300 205
        Outer dimensions of codicological unit 2
        Height 300mm
        Width 205mm
        Depth mm

        Layout of codicological unit 2

        Layout note 1

        Number of columns: 2

        Number of lines: 22-25-

          Publication Statement

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          Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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          Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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          Hamburg
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          28.4.2023 at 13:44:14
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        Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻAddis Ababa, Ethiopian National Archives and Library Agency, NALE 28ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-01-19) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/NLA28 [Accessed: 2024-07-23]

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        Revision history

        • Eugenia Sokolinski added facs and metadata from EMIP spreadsheet and from vHMML by Ted Erho at https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/533988 on 19.1.2023
        • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 20.9.2016
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        Alessandro Bausi, general editor

        Dorothea Reule, editor

        Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

        The file was created with the help of data kindly provided by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library and EMIP. Microfilm held by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies digitized by EMIP; initial metadata for HMML by Ted Erho Permalink: https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/533988 Fols. 87v-88r, 277v-278r, 303v-304r not microfilmed. Double shots of pp. 30 and 31. Two successive folios are numbered 32 and 33.
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