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Ethiopian Manuscripts : Gospel Book

Ethiopian Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This Ethiopian gospel book (ወንጌል Wangēl) contains colour pictures of the four evangelists. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(8);return false;'>F. 2v</a>: Matthew; <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(106);return false;'>f. 51v</a>: Mark; <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(150);return false;'>f. 73v</a>: Luke; <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(228);return false;'>f. 112v</a>: John. Pen trials are found on ff. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(5);return false;'>1r</a>, <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(9);return false;'>3r</a>, <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(292);return false;'> and 144v</a>. Folio <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(148);return false;'>72v</a> mentions the scribe’s name Ammonius and the owner Zäbanä Krəstos. Folio<a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(288);return false;'> 142v</a> contains the name ዕዝል፡ዘሆሣዕና፡; ff. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(288);return false;'>142v-143v</a> contain a chant, recorded in a secondary hand. The beginnings and chapter headings of each Gospel have been rubricated.</p>


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