Ethiopian Homilies [001]
- Description:
- Handwritten leaf tipped on inside front cover [translated from French]: This Manuscript Belonged to Colonel Gally-Passebosc, killed by the savages of New Caldonia in 1878. This officer had been one of the expedition sent by the English against King Theodore (of Abyssinia) He took possession, after the defeat of that prince, of the tapis (carpet) on which he made his prayers, his shield, and this manuscript. Printed catalog description tipped on inside back cover cites Goodspeed description No. 5393, and states that the other Ethiopic manuscripts secured at this time were presented by this officer to the Bibliotheque Nationale.
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Ethiopic, Bible--Paraphrases, and Illumination of books and manuscripts
- Date:
- 1650/1860
- License:
- Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Rights Holder:
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Rights:
- No Copyright - United States
- Use Restrictions:
- Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
- Title:
- Ethiopian Homilies [001]
- Language:
- Geez [gez]
- Provenance:
- Kidana Maryam/Walda Maryam as original patron fesha krestos, patromija, Walda Rufa'el, Tsadala Maryam to Kidana Maryam. King Theodore of Abyssinia to Col. Gally-Passebosc, to Bibliotheque Nationale. It is noted in Catalogs of Maisonnelle, Paris(1881-82), to Wilberforce Eames. Edward Sanford Burgess purchased through the Anderson Sale, 1907.
- Media:
- Image
- Work Type:
- manuscript (documents)
- Collections:
- University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
- Location:
- Mek’dela >> Amhara >> Ethiopia
- Repository:
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives