Four Gospels

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Text 1: f. 1ra1-5vb,20: Introduction to the Four Gospels; title f. 1ra5-6: መቅድመ፡ ፬ ወንጌላት፡]; and (scriptio continua): Text 2: f. 5vb,9fb-6rb,13: Introduction to the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianos Text 3: f. 6rb,14-7ra,24: Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianos; (f. 6rb14: አውሳብዮስ፡ ለቅርፒያኖስ፡) Text 4: 7ra,25-7vb,5(end) List of the pericopes; Text 5: f. 8r-13ra: the Eusebian tables Text 6: f. 14ra-94vb: The Gospels; Matthew (14r-38vb); Marc (39ra-53vb); Luke (54r-76vb); John (77r-94vb)

In collections

Gunda Gunde Manuscripts

Details

Address

Monastery of Gunda Gunde

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Local Identifier

GG-038

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)

anonymous (Scribe)

Kidanä Wäld (f. 14r2 39r2 54r,2) and Wäldä Maḥḍäntä (both: f. 54r,2 77r2) (owner)

General Note

ff. Iv-Iv (foreguard), IIIr-v (rearguard), 13v: empty; f. 13rb: entire column of the text of the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew (i.e., anticipating the text of f. 14ra) but without the title

Physical Description Note

Number of folios: 2, 94, 1; European foliation; Number of quires: 14; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 28-31

Topic

Bible

Country

Ethiopia

State/Province

Tigray