What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 1v. Donations of king 'IyasuII.,Berhan Sagad (A.D. 1730-55), and his mother Walatta Giyorgis, Berhan Mdgasa, to the church of Kweskwam, at Dabra Zahai near Gondar, ነዋ ወሁበነ ንሕነ ንጉሠ ነገሥት ኢያሱ ዘስመ መንግሥትነ ብርሃን ሰገድ. ብርሃን ሞገሳ ለቤተ ክርስቲያነ ቍስቋም. እንተ ሕንጽት በምድረ ላይ ጎንደር ዘትስመይ ድበረ ፀሓይ. አልባሳተ ዘሐረር ወዘርቤታተ.f. 6r. The introduction to the Four Gospels.f. 11r. Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus.f. 12r. The Eusebian Canons.f. 19r. Vow of dedication by king Theophilus, Asrar Sagad (A.D. 1708-11).f. 20r. The Gospel of Matthew. Prefixed are the paragraph entitled ግጻዌ ሥርዓት በእንተ አኅብር ቃላት ዘአርባዕቱ ወንጌላት, and another on the Evangelists, especially S. Matthew, with an index of the sections in his Gospel, f. 18 r.f. 100r. The Gospel of Mark. f. 149r. The Gospel of Luke, with a short account of the Evangelist, and an index of the sections, f. 147r.f. 220v-221v. List of the names of the Nicene Fathers.f. 221v. Three short deeds of the reigns of 'Iyasu (III. ). f. 222r. List of clergy and others, who were to undertake certain duties.f. 222v. Deeds of the reign of Takla Giyorgis.f. 223r. The Gospel of John ; with a short account of the Evangelist, and an index of the sections, f…
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- Source date
- 17th century
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- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 508
- Folio
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- No place is inferred from the shelfmark or repository. Consult the linked catalogue record for the source wording.
- Catalogue source
- British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
- Source record
- British Library catalogue 032-003387085