Oo. 1.41 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: The Gospel of John. The name of the scribe ሲሎንዲስ occurs on ff. 129v and 131r. A prayer for the scribe is included at the end of the manuscript on f. 129r. On f. 129v another scribe Akliä Giyorgis, added the benediction, "Simeon, by name Papas but not in practice."
1r-131r
Title: The Gospel of John
Language(s): Ge'ez
Explicit: f. 1r: ብስራተ፡አብ፡ትሩፍ፡ራድእ፡ተናጋፊ፡ በመለኮት፡ዮሐንስ፡ወንጌላዊ፡ወልደ፡ዘብዴዎስ፡ፍቁረ፡እግዚእነ፡ኢየ ሱስ፡ክርስቶስ፡በረከቱ፡የህሉ፡ምስለ፡ፍቁሩ፡ሲሎንዲስ፡ለዓለመ፡ዓለም፡ኣሜ።
Explicit: f. 129v: ወኵሉ፡ቃሉ፡ለወንጌለ፡ጽድቅ፡ውእቱ፡እምጥ ንቱ፡እስከ፡ተፍጻሜቱ፡ ለሊሁ፡ ወልድ፡ተናገረ።
See Or. 1881
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 131 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 14.0 × 10.2 cm.
Layout
14 lines per leaf
Hand(s)
Black ink, rather clumsy script, rubrications.
Binding
Dark blue morocco, more recent than the MS.
History
Origin: 18th cent. CE; Ethiopia.
Provenance and Acquisition
Ethiopia
Donated to Cambridge University by Buchanan, Claudius, 1766-1815 on May, 1809
Record Sources
Description based on Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library / by Edward Ullendorff and Stephen G. Wright; with a contribution by D.A. Hubbard.Cambridge University Press.1961
Availability
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Bibliography
- Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library / by Edward Ullendorff and Stephen G. Wright ; with a contribution by D.A. Hubbard., Ullendorff, Edward (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1961)
Funding of Cataloguing
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