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Title
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Cyril, ቄርሎስ, Qērellos (Add. 1569)
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Institution
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University Library, Cambridge
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Collection Title
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Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Creator(s)
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most likely that this particular manuscript came from Egypt, perhaps originally belonging to an Ethiopian monk resident at one of the monasteries there.
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Description/Scope and Content
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This theological work, entitled ‘Cyril’ (ቄርሎስ Qērellos) in the Ethiopian tradition, consists of a standard set of writings by Cyril of Alexandria and his contemporary ecclesiastical counterparts including Theodotus of Ancyra, Severus of Synnada, Acacius of Melitene, Juvenal of Jerusalem, Rheginus of Constantina, Eusebius of Heraclea Pontica, Firmus of Caesarea, John of Antioch, Epiphanius of Salamis, Proclus of Cyzicus, Severian of Gabala, and Gregory of Neocaesarea. The work was translated from Greek in the mid-first millennium, and offers a unique witness to a number of otherwise lost patristic works. Based on a note on a front flyleaf, it is most likely that this particular manuscript came from Egypt, perhaps originally belonging to an Ethiopian monk resident at one of the monasteries there.
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Date
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18th-19th cent.
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Identifier
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Add. 1569
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Language
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Ethiopic language
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Extent
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119 ff. Leaf height: 24.5 cm, width: 21.0 cm.
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Collection Type
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Special Collection
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Level of Processing
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Catalogued - FIHIRST & digitised on CUDL
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Type of Materials/Format
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Codex
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Related Collections: Types of Materials
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Islamic Manuscripts - Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Presevation/Conservation concerns
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Digitised - please see notes for binding
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Provenance
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Egypt or Ethiopia
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Copyright
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Out of copyright
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Donor Information
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Offered for sale by Bernard Quaritch in 1876.
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Notes
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Binding: Stamped leather over boards, lined with green flowered silk; in a leather double case. Accompanying Material: Book accompanied by leather satchel. For more details contact the Near & Middle Eastern Specialist
