What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 2r. The Gospel of Matthew. As the end is a note, giving the name Mahtama Krestos, who bought the Ms. for a church of St. Michael, ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘማኅተመ፡ ክርስቶስ። ዘ አጥረዮ፡ በነዋዩ፡ ለታቦተ፡ ሚካኤል።f.47r. The Gospel of Mark.f. 74r. The Gospel of Luke.f. 115r. The Gospel of John. f. 148r. Contains a salam or hymn to various saints.f. 148v. Genealogy, መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለእነማይ፡ ending with the name of the writer, 'Esba Giyorgis, ዕስበ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ followed by a continuation, መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለ፬ልድ (sic) እነማይ።f. 149r. Genealogy, ወበዋተይሂ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለነመራጌ፡, ending with the name of the writer Waka Dengel, ዋካ፡ ድንግል።On the same page is an extract from a homily on the holy Eucharist and on the last hours of our Lord.Decoration: ff. 1v, 46v, 73v, 114v. The commencement of each Gospel is ornamented, and contains portraits of the Evangelists.f. 147v. At the end is a note, in the same hand as the ms., stating that it belonged to one Takla Giyorgis, ለዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ወንጌል፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘ አጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ተክለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ከመ፡ ይኵኖ፡ ተዝካረ፡ በዕለተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞ፡ ውስተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ስመ፡ ረድኡ፡ አብሮኮሮስ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወይክፍሎ፡ ኃደረ፡ ውስተ፡ መካነ፡ ዛሕን፡ ወመርስ፡ አሜን። f. 147v. Subsequently, it belonged to Matthew and his son 'Abba Kenfa Mika'el, ዝመጽ…
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- Source date
- 15th century
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 507
- Folio
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- Place evidence
- 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 032-003391468