Four Gospels

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Gunda Gunde Manuscripts

Details

Title

On the front cover: 4ቱ ወንጌል [4 Gospels] with European ‘4’ and phonetic complement ቱ [-tu] of the Ethiopic numeral አርባዕቱ፡ (᾽ärbaʽətu - ‘four’)

Contributors

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

Description

Text 1: f. 1ra1-9ra,end: Introduction to the Four Gospels (f. 1ra11-12: መቅድመ፡ ፬ ወንጌላት፡); Text 2: f. 9rb1-10ra,14(end): Introduction to the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianos; Text 3: f. 10rb-16ra: Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianos; Text 4: Four Gospels: f. 21r-76v: Gospel of Matthew; f. 78r-109va,6: Gospel of Mark; f. 113r-172va,5: Gospel of Luke; f. 174r-222ra,11: Gospel of John

Date Created

[1400-1499?]

General Note

f. 222ra,12-rb,end - a note on the apostles and disciples; Chapter rubrics; numerous reading attention marks; f. 16v-17r, 111r, 173r, 222v-223v: empty

Physical Description Note

Number of folios: 221 + 1; Number of quires: 30; Number of columns in the text: 2; Number of lines in the column: 24 - 26

Topic

Gospels

Country

Ethiopia

State/Province

Tigray

Address

Monastery of Gunda Gunde

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