Ms. 36 Wānegel Zāyohanes

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 36 Wānegel Zāyohanes

Alternative title

መጻሕፍተ ሐዲሳት
ወንጌል ዘዮሐንስ
Gospel of John
ወንጌል

Uniform title

New Testament (Gospel)

Date Created

19th c.

Date

1800/1899

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

No illustrations.
Layout: Two columns of text, 17 lines of text per page.
Text in black ink, some names and titles of the chapters are in red.

Provenance

The owner of the manuscript is a woman by the name of Walata Berehan (Daughter of light) (p. 204)

Table of contents

Pp. 1 scribbling ;Pp. 2 notes from the scribe:ወኀበ ተነበ ዝንቱ መጽሐፍ ይሰደዱ መናፍስት ርኩሳን ወኲሉ ደዌ ወሕማም ወይሠዓር ሥራይ ወይደመሰስ ከመ ጢስ ዘቅድመ ገጸ እሳት በኃይለ ሎኢ ኤሎኢ ኤላኢ ወኀበ ሀሎ ዝንቱ መጽሐፍ ይከውን ሣህል ወምሕረት እስከ ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን ;"When this book is read, unclean spirits and all disease and sickness will flee. Magic will be disempowered and destroyed like smoke from the fire, by the power of Lo'e, a Lo'e, a La'e. Where ever this book is will be forgiveness and mercy forever and ever amen." ;Pp. 2-4 prayer against the snake ;Pp. 5-17 Chapter 1 ;Pp. 17-20 Chapter 2 ;Pp. 20-22 Chapter 3 ;Pp. 22-28 Chapter 4 ;Pp. 28-32 Chapter 5 ;Pp. 32-41 Chapter 6 ;Pp. 41-44 Chapter 7 ;Pp. 44-56 Chapter 8 ;Pp. 56-59 Chapter 9 ;Pp. 59-80 Chapter 10 ;Pp. 80-98 Chapter 11 ;Pp. 98-117 Chapter 12 ;Pp. 117-129 Chapter 13 ;Pp. 129-131 Chapter 14 ;Pp. 131-133 Chapter 15 ;Pp. 133-139 Chapter 16 ;Pp. 140-160 Chapter 17 ;Pp. 160-174 Chapter 18 (but states is "chapter 17") ;Pp. 174-190 Chapter 19 (but states is "chapter 18") ;Pp. 190-191 Chapter 20 (but states is "chapter 19") ;pp. 191-195 Chapter 21 (but states is "chapter 20") ;Pp. 195-204 Chapter 22 ;Pp. 205-208 Scribbling.

Physical Description

Extent

208 pages

Dimensions

142 mm x 100 mm x 47 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Wooden boards with a leather cover.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text