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.
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- Ms. 36
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz001hcd0n
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Rights contact
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4976