Text 1: ff. 2v-16v: Life of Abunä Yəsḥaq; beginning lost; Text 2: ff. 17r-f.40va: Life of Abunä Iyosab of Däbrä Gärizan; (f. 17r,12-15: (ናሁ፡ ንዜኑ፡ ንስቲተ፡ እምዜና፡ ገድሉ፡ ለብፁዕ፡ ወለቅዱስ፡ አቡነ፡ ኢዮሳብ፡ መምህረ፡ ሕግ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ገሪዛን፡); Text 3: ff. 41r-106v: Life of Abunä Gäbrä Mäsiḥ the Second (Abbot of GG); (f. 41ra,3fb-rb,5fb: (ንዜኑ፡ ንስቲተ፡ እምዜናሁ፡ እስመ፡ ሠናየ፡ ገድል፡ ውእቱ፡ ለብፁዕ፡ ወለቅዱስ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መሲሕ፡ ዳግማዊ፡ መምህረ፡ ሕግ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ … ዘቆመ፡ ዲበ፡ መንበረ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ በደብረ፡ ገሪዛን፡); Text 4: ff. 107r-136v: Life of Abunä Sam᾽uel (Abbot of GG); (f. 107rb,1-va,1: ንጽሕፍ፡ ኅዳጠ፡ እምስነ፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ወዜና፡ ገድሉ፡ ለ… ሊቀ፡ ጽሙዳን፡ መምህረ፡ ሕግ፡ … ዘቆመ፡ ዲበ፡ መንበረ፡ አብ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ … አቡነ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፍቅር፡ ወሰላም፡ ወላእክ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ገሪዛን፡)
Monastery of Gunda Gunde
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GG-018
f. Ir: [1] ገድለ ኣቡነ ይስሃቅ (Gädlä ᾽abunä Yəsḥaq) [2] ገድለ፡ ” ኢዮሳብ (Gädlä - “ - ᾽Iyosab;) [3] ” ገ/መሲህ ዳግማዊ ( “ Gä[brä]/Mäsih Dagmawi) [4] ” ኣቡነ ሳሙኤል ( “ ᾽Abunä Samu᾽el)
Michael Gervers (researcher)
Witold Witakowski (data contributor)
ff. 16va7, 40va,last: request for blessing for Zä-Maryam, prob. the scribe (scribe)
ff. 106vb,last and 136vb,last: request for blessing for Wäldä Krəstos, another scribe (scribe)
f. Iv: “This book belongs to Abunä Gäbrä Mäsiḥ Gund [sic] Gunde Däbrägärzan” (ዝመጽሐፍ ዘአቡነ ገብረ መሲሕ … ጉንድ [sic] ጉንዴ ደብረገርዛን፡) (owner)
f. 1r: unfinished note on the ethnic origin of the abbots whose lives are extant in the ms.; ff. IIr-IIIv (foreguard), IVr, Vr (rearguard) - empty; ff. IVv, Vv: scrawling notes; ff. 131r-end: text damaged; Reading attention marks in red; Several hands, or the mss is composite;
Number of folios: 3 (I-III) + 136 + 2 (IV-V); European foliation; Number of quires: 18; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 14-17 (ff. 105-106: 19-20)
Lives of monks
Ethiopia
Tigray
