Text 1: ff. 2ra-90r: Life of Estifanos
Monastery of Gunda Gunde
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GG-002
Front cover: ገድለ እስጢፋኖስ፡ (Gädlä ᾽Ǝsṭifanos); f. 2ra,1-10: በስመ፡ … ገድል፡ አስምዕ፡ ዘብፁዕ፡ ወቅዱስ፡ ዓምደ፡ ሄይማኖት፡ ማኅቶተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ አብ፡ እስጢፍኖስ፡ … (In the name of…, Life and martyrdom of the blessed and holy, the pillar of the faith, the lamp of the Christians, Father ᾽Ǝsṭifanos …)
Michael Gervers (researcher)
Witold Witakowski (data contributor)
ff. 18r-28v, 34r-44v, 88v-91r: text damaged; ff. 90v-91v: note (charter) of the gift of the area of ʽAnza for (the Monastery of) Gundä Gunde for the commemoration of our Father ᾽Ǝsṭifanos
Number of folios: 3 (I-III) + 91 + 5 (IV-VIII); Number of quires: 16; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 14-19
Illuminated manuscript
Ethiopia
Tigray