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EMML 1737, fol. 4b — Miniatures

Private library of Abba Barsoma of Salale, province of Shoa · EMML 1737 · 4b

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Trinity, f. 4b; St. Michael the Archangel, prince, f. 5a; St. George slaying the dragon, f .

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Trinity, f. 4b; St. Michael the Archangel, prince, f. 5a; St. George slaying the dragon, f . 6a; Madonna and Child enthroned, attended by two archangels, f. 7a; head of an unidentified saint, f. 9b; another, f. lOa; st. Michael arguing with King Aksitos on behalf of three boys who are mourning their father, whose corpse is shrouded for burial, f. 65a; a bishop baptizing a large multitude of young bOYS, f . 66a; a merchant borrows money from a Jew, f. 75a; St. Michael appearing to the merchant, f. 75b; St. John Cbrysostom reproving Empress Eudoxia, f. 81a; st. Michael, as a mounted warrior, appears to Talason on his journey, f. l02a; Christ commanding the angel of death to seize the soul of the man who tried to escape death, ff. 117b- 118a; Jesse presents his sons to the prophet Samuel, f. 127a; David, sent by King Saul, attacks Goliath with his slingshot and then cuts off his foreskin, f. 129a. Numbers 97 and 98 were omitted in the numbering of the leaves. F. 168 is numbered 166 . 19/2oth cent.

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Holding institution
Private library of Abba Barsoma of Salale, province of Shoa
Shelfmark
EMML 1737
Folio
4b
Catalogue source
Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) catalogues
Source record
EMML Catalogue, volume 5, PDF page 210