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HMML Reading Room Record:

https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/205231

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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMML 3417

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Yağğu

Repository:

Parish Church

ShelfMark:

na

Folio:

128 ff.,

Bibliography:

Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 8, p. 251

Provenance:

Note of donation, f. 51b. Note of ownership by (the church of) Gāllā Giyorgis, f. 1a, and by Qaňňāzmāč Abāta Zawdu, ff. 4a and 51b. In the church of Gāllā Giyorgis when filmed.

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

128 ff.,

Country:

Ethiopia

Region:

Wallo

City:

Yağğu

Date:

20th century

Scribe:

Copied by Marigētā Ḫāylu [Wānnā], f. 51b

Other Decoration:

Decorative designs, ff. 5a, 52a, 58a, 107a and 117a.

Native Date:

after 1935 E.C

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. 5a-51a

Supplied Title:

Gadla Giyorgis (homily by Theodotus of Ancyra, f. 5a; history and martyrdom, f. 11a)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 52a-57a

Supplied Title:

Homily for the jointly celebrated feasts of the Virgin Mary and St. George [Maṣeḥafa aḫbero]

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 58a-116b

Supplied Title:

Ninety-six miracles of St. George

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 117a-118b

Supplied Title:

Image [Malke'] of St. George (chaîne,no. 28)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 119b-120a

Supplied Title:

Image [Malke'] of St. George (Salām la-zekra semeka enta ya'āwwedon [sic] ma'āzā/ wa-la-se'erteka ṣeḥud za-ra'eseka aklila bēzā/ . . .).

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

F. 120ab

Supplied Title:

Image [Malke'] of St. George (chaîne, no. 138).

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. 120b-121a

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George (Chaîne, no. 242)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 121a-123b

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George, Sab'a nagaśt (Sab'a nagaśt ḫaba angallagu ba-aḥbero/ za-kema qomka, Giyorgis, hāymānota Krestos ba-azmero / . . .)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 123b-124a

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George, Ferē Kanāfereya (Ferē kanāfereya garhā/ wa-ṣaloteya ammeḫa/soba aqērreb qedmēka śarka wa-nagha/. . .).

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

F. 124b

Supplied Title:

A short hymn to St. George, Giyorgis kāhen (Giyorgis kāhen, sema Śellāsē Qeddest/za-teqēddes watra kama malā'ekt/. . .)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 124b-125b

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George, Nāhu egra feqreka (Nāhu egra feqreka ba-fenota ḥellinaya ḥora/wa-ba-lebbeya ḫādaga za-itetḥāddag 'aśara/ . . .)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 125b-126b

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George, A'emarku enka (A'emarku enka ba'enti 'aka/ kama yāfṭen rade'ēteka / la-za-ṣawwe'a semaka/ . . .).

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. 126b-127a

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George, Na'ā, Giyorgis (Na'ā, Giyorgis, enza teśarrer ba-faras, wa-na'ā, fequreya za-Ledā neguś, . . .)

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

F. 127ab

Supplied Title:

Hymn to St. George, waṭanku ansa zekra weddāsēka, probably Chaîne, no. 85 (Waṭanku ansa zekra weddāsēka/bāḥettu mentenu esammeyakka/wa-mentenu we'etu amsālika /Salām laka, Giyorgis, / za-ḥaraẓakka Dudeyānos/ . . .).

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

Ff. 127b-128a

Supplied Title:

A list of incidents (sufferings and miracles) in the life of St. George, each introduced with za-kama "how [e.g., he was born], " concluded with a calendar for his feasts.

Language(s):

Ge'ez

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

f. 51b

Supplied Title:

(1) from the history of Qaňňāzmāč Abāta Zawdu, donor of the manuscript (he was the cousin of Princess Yašāš Warq [MS: šāšēworq] Yilmā, niece of Emperor Haile Selassie)

Language(s):

Ge'ez