Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Éthiopien d’Abbadie 51

Images: Gallica

Other shelfmark(s): none

Physical description: parchment, 34 × 27 cm, 157 fols., 2 cols.

Language: Ethiopic

Date: 15th/16th cent.

Provenance: Daga Estifanos, Lake Tana

Contents:

Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ (fols. 78r–113v)

Epistle of the Apostles (fols. 113v–130v)

Second Coming of Christ and the Resurrection of the Dead (fols. 131r–146v; includes Apocalypse of Peter, fols. 131r–137r)

Mystery of the Judgment of Sinners (fols. 146v–157r)

Additional contents: Teaching of Jacob (Sargis d’Aberga).

Catalogs:

Chaîne, Marius. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens de la collection Antoine dAbbadie. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1912 (pp. 34–37).

Rossini, Carlo Conti. “Notice sur les manuscrits éthiopiens de la collection d’Abbadie.” JA, ser. 10.20 (1912): 5–72, at pp. 37–38.

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 1 April 2020.