Add. 1842 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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Summary of Contents: The codex includes the Pauline Epistles, Acts, Revelation, and the Apostolic Epistles. Modern paper fly-leaves were added at the beginning and end of the codex. The codex is probably comprised of four manuscripts of different dates bound together.

3r-76v

Title: The Pauline Epistles

Language(s): Geez

5r-16v

Title: Romans

Language(s): Geez

3r: Introduction to Romans; 4v: Chapter headings of Romans

18r-29v

Title: 1 Corinthians

Language(s): Geez

17r: Introduction to 1 Corinthians; 18r: Introduction to 1 Corinthians

30v-38r

Title: 2 Corinthians

Language(s): Geez

30r: Introduction to 2 Corinthians; 30v: Chapter headings of 2 Corinthians

38r-42r

Title: Galatians

Language(s): Geez

38v: Introduction to Galatians

43v-46r

Title: Ephesians

Language(s): Geez

38v: Chapter headings of Ephesians; 42v: Introduction to Ephesisans

47v-50r

Title: Philippians

Language(s): Geez

46v: Introduction to Philippians; 43r: Chapter headings of Philippians

51r-53r

Title: Colossians

Language(s): Geez

47r: Introduction to Colossians; 47r: Chapter headings of Philippians

54r-56r

Title: 1 Thessalonians

Language(s): Geez

50r: Introduction to 1 Thessalonians; 47v: Chapter headings of 1 Thessalonians

56v-58r

Title: 2 Thessalonians

Language(s): Geez

50v: Introduction to 2 Thessalonians; 50v: Chapter headings of 2 Thessalonians

58r-61r

Title: 1 Timothy

Language(s): Geez

56v: Introduction to 1 Timothy; 53v: Chapter headings of 1 Timothy

61v-63r

Title: 2 Timothy

Language(s): Geez

58r: Introduction to 2 Timothy; 56v: Chapter headings of 2 Timothy

63v-64v

Title: Titus

Language(s): Geez

63r: Introduction to Titus; 58r: Chapter headings of Titus

65r-65v

Title: Philemon

Language(s): Geez

64v: Introduction to Philemon

67v-76v

Title: Hebrews

Language(s): Geez

65v: Introduction to Hebrews

77r-110v

Title: Acts

Language(s): Geez

111r-123v

Title: Revelation

Language(s): Geez

124r-141r

Title: Apostolic Epistles

Language(s): Geez

124r-127v

Title: 1 Peter

Language(s): Geez

124r: Introduction to 1 and 2 Peter; 128r: Chapter headings of 1 Peter

128r-130r

Title: 2 Peter

Language(s): Geez

130v-133r

Title: 1 John

Language(s): Geez

130r: Introduction to 1 John; 134r: Chapter headings of 1 John

134r-134r

Title: 2 John

Language(s): Geez

134r: Introduction to 2 John

134r-134r

Title: 3 John

Language(s): Geez

134v: Introduction to 3 John

136r-139r

Title: James

Language(s): Geez

135r: Introduction to James; 139v: Chapter headings of James

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 141 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 22.7 cm.

Layout

26 lines per leaf

Hand(s)

Written in black ink. There seem to be four or five different hands: ff. 3-20, a poor hand, small and square; ff. 21-76, a very fair hand of an earlier type, tall and clear; ff. 77-110, a thick clumsy hand; ff. 111-123, small and neat; ff. 124-140, similar to preceding hand but less neat.

Binding

Modern European

History

Origin: 16th-17th c. CE; Ethiopia.

Provenance and Acquisition

Ethiopia

Aquisition unknown.

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact Cambridge University Library Admissions. Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript

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

CUL

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