Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 3 p. 181
Provenance:
A blank space has been left, f. 4a, for the name of the original owner. Sold for $40 by Qēs Dellē and Ato Gaśśaśa to Mamher Kenfa Mikā'ēl, 20 Meggābit 1914 E.C. (=29 March 1922 A.D. -note, f. 138a). In Trinity church [Manbara Śellāsē] when filmed.
Reproduction:
Ff. 42b-43a, 67b-118a and 127b-129 filmed twice.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
138 + 1 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
30.5 x 24 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Addis Ababa, Enṭoṭṭo
Date:
late 19th/early 20th century
Layout:
3 cols., 32 to 43 lines (ff. 1-54), 33 lines (ff. 55-134) and lines (ff. 135-137)
Support:
Parchment
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-137b
Supplied Title:
The Code of the Kings [Fetha nagaśt]
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 1b-3b and 138b blank.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-7b
Supplied Title:
Introduction
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 7b-8a
Supplied Title:
Index of Chapters
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 8a-137b
Supplied Title:
Text
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 8a-61b
Supplied Title:
On the Church and what is proper for her.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 62a-137b
Supplied Title:
On the works that are administered within her. . . . This second part is more orinarily entitled, "On secular actions."
