What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-248 ትርጓሜ፡ መልእክት፡ ዘብፁዕ፡ ወክቡር፡ <ጳውሎስ፡> ዘጸሐፈ፡ ለዕብራዊያን፡ ዘተርጐማ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ወቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ርእሰ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶሳት፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ። Colophonf. 248. ተፈጸመ፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ልዑል፡ ወሀብተ፡ ጸጋሁ፡ ወስብሐቲሁ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ አቡነ፡ ዐቢይ፡ በውስተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ . . . . . ወይእዜኒ፡ ተተርጐመት፡ እምልሳነ፡ አረቢ፡ ለግዕዝ፡ በአፈ፡ እንበቆም፡ ወሚካኤል፡ በ፸፻፲ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ወእምልደተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኀኒነ፡ በ፲፻ወ፭፻ዓመት፡ ወእምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታትኒ፡ በ፲፻ወ፪፻፴ወ፱ዓመት። ወፍጻሜሃኒ፡ ኮነ፡ በዕለተ፡ ሰኑይ፡ አመ፡ ሠሉሱ፡ ለወርኀ፡ ነሐሴ።ff. 1r-3 Summary of the Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. ff. 4-4 Title of the Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews Incipit (Gǝʿǝz): ፍካሬ፡ ዘይቤ፡ አቡነ፡ ዐቢይ፡ በውስተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ርእሰ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶሳት፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ዘከመ፡ ፈከረ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ መልእክቱ፡ ለጳውሎስ፡ ወአዕለዋ፡ ልሳነ፡ ጽርዕ፡ ኀበ፡ ልሳነ፡ ዐረቢ፡ ሊቅ፡ ክቡር፡ ወዲያቆን፡ ኅሩይ፡ አቢእልፋትሕ፡ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወልደ፡ ፈድል፡ ዐብደላ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘበ፡ ትርጓሜሁ፡ በዐለ፡ ሀብት፡ ወልደ፡ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወልደ፡ ፈድል። እግዚአብሔር፡ ይቀድስ፡ ነፍሶ፡ ወያፈድፍድ፡ ዐስቦ፡ አሜን።ff. 4-8 Introduction to the Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Introduction by John Chrysostom. ff. 8-248 Homilies and admonitions, 34 in number (Tergʷāme malʾekt za-beṣuʿ wa-kebur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāweyān, 34 Homilies, each divided into a dersān and a tagśāṣ with distinct titles.f. 248. The inventor…
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- Source date
- 17th century
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- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Add MS 16197
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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 032-003433819