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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

EMIP 00630

Country:

Ethiopia

City:

Addis Ababa

Repository:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Library

ShelfMark:

Mekane Yesus Seminary Codex 30

Folio:

ff. [iii + 165]

Binding:

Sawn wooden boards attached with bridle attachments to four Coptic chain stitches

Notes:

unfoliated, foliation supplied by cataloguer; F. 162v: The scribe mentions a king by the name of Mäfǝqäre Ǝgzi’abḫer I, i.e., “the one beloved of God”.

Colophon:

no colophon

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

ff. [iii + 165]

Outer Dimensions:

36.5 x 27.0 x 10.5 cm

Country:

Ethiopia

Date:

20th century

Layout:

ff. 1r–162v three columns; 41–44 lines

Script:

Gə‘əz

Support:

Parchment

Other Decoration:

multiple full stops used as section dividers throughout (e.g., ff. 20r, 21v).

Alphabet:

Ethiopic

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

ff. [1r–162v]

Supplied Title:

Synaxarium for the first half of the year

Supplied Title NS:

መጽሐፈ፡ ስንክሳር፡

Incipit NS:

በስመ ፡ አብ ፡ ወወልድ ፡ . . . ንወጥን ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበሠናይ ፡ ኀብቱ ፡ በጽሒፈ ፡ መጽሐፈ ፡ ስንክሳር ፡ በትርጓሜሁ ፡ ዘቀድሳኖ ፡ አበዊነ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ መምህራነ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ አብ ፡ ክቡር ፡ አባ ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ ኤጲስ ፡ ዘሀገረ ፡ ቡርስ ፡ ወካልዓንሂ ፡ አበው ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ወክቡራን ፡ እለ ፡ ያስተያብዕዎ ፡ ለዝንቱ ፡ መጽሐፋ ፡ እምነ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ገድላ

Language(s):

Gə‘əz

Notes To Text:

See, E. A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928).

Subject:

Saints; Synaxarium; Hagiography