Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 5 p. 455; Wright (B.M) CCLXI, I, 1-60, pp. 270-272. see also Hammerschmidt (Tānāsee 1:), no. 35, I, pp. 163-165.
Provenance:
In the Monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos when filmed.
Manuscript Part I
Folio:
135 + 1 ff.,
Outer Dimensions:
24 x 20.5 cm.,
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Wallo
City:
Ambāssal
Date:
18th century
Layout:
2 cols, 22 lines.
Support:
Parchment
Notes:
Ff. 127a-135a are supplied in a 20th-century hand. Lower corners of ff. 3, 4, are repaired with new parchment.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 3a-54a
Supplied Title:
The Testament of Our Lord [Kidān za-Egzi'ena wa-Madhānina, Iyyasus Krestos].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Ff. 1a, 2b: blank, save for scrawls.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 3a-38a
Supplied Title:
On the ordering of the church.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Only this part has the title Kidān. Divided into sections 1 to 74; first and ninth articles unnumbered; 6 and 30 omitted from the series;2 articles numbered 29. Conclusion (f. 38a) wrongly thought part of following text, not found in older mss (EMML 2358
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 38a-54a
Supplied Title:
Revelation of the future by Our Lord to his disciples in Galilee [Nagar za-nagaromu Iyyasus Krestos 1a-10wa-2 ardā'ihu ba-Galilā].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Edited; L. Guerrier, "Le Testament en Galilee de notre-seigneur Jesus-Christ" Patrologia Orientalis IX, 3 (1913): 1441-236. See also Wright and Hammerschmidt.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 55a-135a
Supplied Title:
The Book of Jubilees [Kufālē],
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Nine-line introduction. Ff. 133a-135a: notes of commentary [Tergwāmē kufālē]. F. 135b: blank, save for scrawls.
