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HMML Reading Room Record:
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/203708

Institution:
HMML
HMML Project Number:
EMML 1877
Country:
Ethiopia
City:
Dabra Berhān
Repository:
Parish Church
ShelfMark:
na
Folio:
155 ff.,
Bibliography:
Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 5 p. 387
Provenance:
In the church of Goh Giyorgis when filmed.

Manuscript Part I

Folio:
155 ff.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Shoa
City:
Dabra Berhān
Date:
19th century
Year Month Day:
1883-1884
Other Decoration:
the heading of the text is ornamented.
Native Date:
7376 AM

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 4a-55b
Supplied Title:
Gadla Giyorgis (homily of Theodotus of Ancyra on the commemoration of St.George, f. 4a; history and martyrdom of St. George, f. 10b).
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 55b-59a
Supplied Title:
Miracle of St. George for the 18th of Ṭerr [Maṣḥafa ankero].
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 59b-61b
Supplied Title:
Hymn to St. George, Nagara fidalāt sāmen (Chaîne, no. 312)
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 61b-67a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the jointly celebrated feasts of St. George and the Virgin Mary, called Maṣḥafa anbero.
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 67b-81b
Supplied Title:
Synaxary entries for the different commemorations of St. George throughout the year (also includes the entry for St. Roche [Roqqo], f. 70a, and the poetical colophon, Za-aqrabku māhlēta azakkirya, f. 70b).
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
Ff. 82a-155b
Supplied Title:
86 miracles of St. George.
Language(s):
Ge'ez

Manuscript Text

Folio:
f. 157ab
Supplied Title:
Note on certain astronomical occurrences and a visit of the Metropolitan Matthew (1881-1926), f. 1b; an inventory of church books and articles, f. 156a; the number of sabbaths since the creation (375, 250), f. 156a;
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
note on the coming of four metropolitans to Dabra Berhān, f. 157a; land transactions, f. 157ab.
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