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F.15b: St. Stephen. (8} F. 16a: The child Cyriacus [Qirqos) with his mother. (9) F. 16b: Daniel in the lion's den being served bread by Habakkuk. (10) F. 17a: The Three Holy Children in flames of fire being pro- tected by the angel of God. (11) F. 17b: Diptych: (a) Annunciation. (b) Joseph giving Mary the bitter water [maya zalafa) to drink (Num. 6, 18) . (12) F. 18a: Diptych: (a) Nativity. (b) The shepherds seeing the star. (13) F. 18b : The Three Wisemen offering their presents to Christ. (14) F. 19a: The Flight into Egypt. (15) F. 19b: Diptych: ( a) Rachel and another woman weeping for their children, who are with them, before King Herod, who is seated on his throne. (b) The slaying of the children by order of Herod. (16) F. 20a: Christ entering Jerusalem. (17) Ff. 20b - 21a: The washing of the feet. (18) F. 21b: Mary (weeping), John (looking on from afar) and Peter (denying) . (19) F. 22a : Jesus seized by the Jews. (20) F. 22b: The crucifixion. Shawn are the two thieves, the two soldiers (pointing their spears at the cross) and a ram at the top of the cross. Christ is not shown on the cross. (21 ) F. 23 a: Diptych: (a) Ascension. (b) St. Mary and the Apostles. (22) F. 35b : St. Matthew in a richly ornamented frame. (23) F. 132b: st. Mark in a richly ornamented frame. (24) F. 184b: st. Luke in a richly ornamented frame. (25) F. 269b: st. John in a richly ornamented frame. All miniatures have captions . Decorative frames, ff. 7ab, 8ab, 9ab, 10ab, llab and 12ab. A cross in an illustrious frame, f. 12b. Ff. lb- 2a, 23b-24a, 172b-173a, 180b-181a, 219b-212a and 316b-317a filmed twice. 301
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- Holding institution
- Monastery of ~ayq Estifanos, Ambassal, Wallo
- Shelfmark
- EMML 1832
- Folio
- 15b
- Catalogue source
- Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) catalogues
- Source record
- EMML Catalogue, volume 5, PDF page 315