[1] Life of our father Zä-Mika᾽el ᾽Arägawi [2] Life of saint Gäbrä Krestos;

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Text 1: ff. 1ra-38ra3: Gädlä ᾽Abunä [Zä-Mika᾽el] ᾽Arägawi; (f. 1ra, upper margin: ገድለ፡ አቡነ፡ አረጋዊ፡; f. 1va,2 fb-1vb,8: ንጽሕፍ፡… ዜና፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ለብፁዕ፡ … አቡነ፡ ዘሚካኤል፡ ዘውእቱ፡ አረጋዊ፡ - “Story of… ᾽Abunä Zä-Mika᾽el, who is (also known as) ᾽Arägawi”); Text 2: ff. 38ra,4-38vb,12: Genealogy of the monks, starting with Antony; (f. 38ra4-5: ዝውእቱ፡ ጥንተ፡ ልደቶሙ፡ ለመነኮሳት። እንጦንዮስ፡ … ) Text 3: ff. 42ra-67vb: Gädlä Gäbrä Krəstos; (f. 42ra, upper margin: ገድለ፡ ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡); Gäbrä Krəstos is in other Christian traditions known as St. Alexis

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Gunda Gunde Manuscripts

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Monastery of Gunda Gunde

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Local Identifier

GG-020

Title

On the front leather cover: [1] ገድለ ኣቡነ ኣረጋዊን [sic!]; (Gädlä ᾽Abunä ᾽Arägawin[sic!]) [2] ገድለ ኣቡነ ገ/ክርስቶስ; (Gädlä ᾽Abunä Gä/Krəstos)

Contributors

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

Abunä Mäzgäbä Śəllaśe I, abbot: 1664-1716 (f. 150rb1-2: … ለዝንቱ፡ ገድል፡ ዘአጽሐፎ፡ አቡነ፡ መዝገበ፡ ሥላሤ፡) (commissioner)

General Note

f. 68: a protection folio from another ms (containing a fragment of the Biblical Book of Kings), bound upside down; ff. Iv, IIIr-IVv, 39r-41v: empty (except for scrawling)

Physical Description Note

Number of folios: 4 (I-IV), 68; European foliation; Number of quires: 11; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 16-18

Topic

Hagiography

Country

Ethiopia

State/Province

Tigray