Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-14ra,3: The Miracles of ᾽Ǝsṭifanos
Monastery of Gunda Gunde
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GG-087
On front cover: ተአምረ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ [Tä᾽ammərä ᾽Ǝsṭifanos] f. 1va,10-16: …ትሩፋቲሁ፡ ወተአምራቲሁ፡ ለብፁዕ፡ ወለቅዱስ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ ዓምደ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘኮነ፡ ሰማዕት፡ በኢትዮጵያ።; ‘… The virtues deeds and miracles of the blessed and holy Estifanos, the pillar of the faith, who was a martyr in Ethiopia…’
Michael Gervers (researcher)
Witold Witakowski (data contributor)
ʽAmdä Maryam (scribe)
Abunä Wärädä Qal (commissioner)
f. Ir: an almost erased text; f. Iv-II (foreguard;), IIIr-[IV]v (rearguard): empty; ff. Iv-IIr: the text on this bifolio is written upside down, coming from another ms.; f. 14rb: a note on the division of a gwəlt, written by another hand; f. 14va-b: a note on a rəst of Gundä Gunde, mentioning azmaši Subagadəs (governor of Təgray 1822-31) and the mämhər Gäbrä Mäsiḥ, written by the same hand as the previous note
Number of folios: 2 (foreguard: 1bis-2bis), 14; European foliation; Number of quires: 3; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 16
Lives of monks
Ethiopia
Tigray
