John Chrysostom and "Spiritual Elder" (= St. Saba)
Identifier
61220/utsc35521
Member of
Linked Agent
Date Created
one of the dates: 1700 until 1799
Place Published
Tigray
Irob
Yebileyn
Monastery of Gunda Gunde
Language
Resource Type
Description
Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-2vb,6: Introduction (without title) to the Treatise presenting the author, John Chrysostom, and
ff. 2vb,7-3vb,32(end): Life (Zena) of John Chrysostom excerpted from the Chronicle of Giworgis (= Giyorgis) Wäldä Amid; (f. 2vb,10-13);
Text 2: translated from Arabic ff. 5r,1-111vc,23(end): John Chrysostom, Commentary or Treatise (Dərsan) on Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, (f. 5r12-13; 111vc,4-7)
Text 3: ff. 123ra,1-199ra-c,21: "Spiritual Old Man" (= St. Saba; Eth. ᾽Arägawi mänfäsawi), On the divine gifts and contemplation of the grace that God sent for the consolation of the anchorites;
Text 4: ff. 199va,1-201rb,end: [Evagrius of Pontus, On the Eight Evil Thoughts] without the author's name or the title; only seven homilies (ምዕዳን፡) are extant (the one On cowardice is missing)
ff. 2vb,7-3vb,32(end): Life (Zena) of John Chrysostom excerpted from the Chronicle of Giworgis (= Giyorgis) Wäldä Amid; (f. 2vb,10-13);
Text 2: translated from Arabic ff. 5r,1-111vc,23(end): John Chrysostom, Commentary or Treatise (Dərsan) on Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, (f. 5r12-13; 111vc,4-7)
Text 3: ff. 123ra,1-199ra-c,21: "Spiritual Old Man" (= St. Saba; Eth. ᾽Arägawi mänfäsawi), On the divine gifts and contemplation of the grace that God sent for the consolation of the anchorites;
Text 4: ff. 199va,1-201rb,end: [Evagrius of Pontus, On the Eight Evil Thoughts] without the author's name or the title; only seven homilies (ምዕዳን፡) are extant (the one On cowardice is missing)
Physical Form
Extent
39.5 x 34 x 9 cm
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Subject
Geographic Subject
Manuscript Number
GG-142
Note
f. 4ra-b: list of the liturgical object owned by the monastery of Gundä Gunde (spelled here: Gwändə Gwände);
f. 4v: empty;
f. 112ra,1-va10: an unidentified text without title;
f. 201v not photographed
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Date Captured
2006-11-08
Date Captured (RAD)
11/8/2006
Medium
Vellum (parchment)
Credit
Credit: Gunda Gunde Manuscript Collection, Michael Gervers, Balicka-Witakowska, Columba Stewart, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto.
Former Identifiers
HMML_142; 70, ፸ - on a small paper slip glued to the back side of the front cover; 123, ፻፳፫ - f. Ir, upper part, written with a pencil:
402 - f. Ir, lower part, written in large blue numbers; C3-IV-12 (number provided by the Ethiopian Tourist Office) - on a small paper strip glued on f. 5ra, lower margin
402 - f. Ir, lower part, written in large blue numbers; C3-IV-12 (number provided by the Ethiopian Tourist Office) - on a small paper strip glued on f. 5ra, lower margin
Original Title
f. Ir: ዮሃንስ፡ ኣፈ-ወርቅ፡ ወኣረጋዊ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ (Yohannəs Afäwärq wä- ᾽Arägawi Mänfäsawi
Schema Type
Manuscript
