Ms. 40 Wānegel Zāyohāns

Item Overview

Title

Ms. 40 Wānegel Zāyohāns

Alternative title

ወንጌል ዘዮሐንስ
Gospel of John

Uniform title

Gospel of John

Date Created

19th c.

Date

1800/1899

Place of Origin

Ethiopia

Language

Ethiopic

Collection

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Notes

Description

Illustrations on pp. 2 and 149, and decorated borders elsewhere.
Layout: Two columns per page, 17 lines of text per page.
The manuscript is composed of five quires of ten leaves each, two quires of eight leaves each, and one quire of nine leaves.
Text is in black ink; the beginning of the section (me'eraf) and the name of Jesus are in red ink.

Provenance

The name of the owner has been deleted. The second owner is listed as Kidana Mareyam (p. 146). Also, with a crude hand are added the words, "This book is for Ato Gabera Mikael" (p. 149).

Table of contents

Four unnumbered pages; P. 1 Magical Prayer in ball point pen ;P. 2 Illustrations of John the Evangelist in pen and color ;P. 3 Decorative border ;Pp. 3-145 Gospel of John ወንጌል ዘዮሐንስ ;First lines of each section:P. 3 Title and beginning ብሥራተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድእ፡ ተናጋሪ ፡በመለኮት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ የሐሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ...ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። ወንጌል ፡ዘዮሐንስ ፡ቀዳሚሁ ፡ቃል ፡ውእቱ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ኀበ ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ ፡ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ ፡ቃል ;P. 10 ምዕራፍ ወአመ ሣልስት ዕለት ከብካብ ኮነ በቃና ዘገሊላ ;P. 12 ምዕራፍ ወአርገ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ኢየሩሳሌም ወረከበ በምኩራብ ;P. 13 ምዕራፍ ወሀሎ ፩ ብእሲ ዘስሙ ኒቆዲሞስ ;P. 17 ምዕራፍ ወሖረ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ወአርዳኢሁ ውስተ ምድረ ይሁዳ ;P. 19 ምዕራፍ ወእንዘ ሀወ ይኅልፍ እንተ ሰማርያ ;P. 25 ምዕራፍ ወቦአ ገሊላ ተቀበልዎ ኩሎሙ ገሊላውያን ;P. 27 ምዕራፍ ወእምድኅረዝ ኮነ በበዓሎሙ ለአይሁድ ዓርገ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ኢየሩሳሌም ;P. 34 ምዕራፍ ወእምድኅረ ዝንቱ ሖረ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ማዕዶተ ዮርዳኖስ ባሕረ ገሊላ ;P. 53 ምዕራፍ ወአምጽኡ ጸሐፍት ወፈሪሳውያን ብእሲተ እስርተ እንተ ተረክበት በዝሙት ;P. 63 ምዕራፍ ወእንዘ የኃልፍ ወእንዘ የኃልፍ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ እምህየ ርእየ ወረከበ ብእሲ ;P. 71 ምዕራፍ አማን አማን እብለክሙ እንተ አንቀጽ ውስተ ዓፀደ አባግዕ ወዓርገ እንተ ካልዕ ዘባዕድ ገጽ ሠራቂ ወፈያት ;P. 77 ምዕራፍ ወሀሎ ፩ ብእሲ ዘይደዊ ቢታንያ ዘስሙ አልአዛር ዘሀገረ ማርያ ወማርታ እኅታ ;P. 86 ምዕራፍ ወእምዝ ሖረ እግዚእ እግዚእ ኢየሱ[ስ] እምቅድመ ሰዱስ መዋዕል በዓል ዘፋሲካ ;P. 86 ምዕራፍ ወይቤ ይሁዳ ስምዖን አስቆሮታዊ እም፲ወ፪ አርዳኢሁሰ እግዚእ ኢየሱ[ስ]ዘሀለዎ ያግብኦ ;

Physical Description

Extent

150 Pages

Dimensions

150 mm x 110 mm x 43 mm

Support

Vellum and wooden boards

Binding note

Wooden boards with stamped leather.

Keywords

Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

text