Sixth century portrait illumination of Mark from Gärima 2, likely the earlier of the two Gärima Gospels
The first European recorded to have visited the monastery in modern times was Henry Salt, who visited it on 14 September 1805. He was told at the time that the building had been built by Prince Gabra Masqal (a son of the Emperor Kaleb) in 560.[5]
Beatrice Playne visited the monastery around 1950, and found that the church had burned down twenty years prior and had been rebuilt before her arrival. Nevertheless, she was shown a number of prized possessions which were centuries old, including a number of illuminated manuscripts "whose ornamental headings struck me as Syrian in style." The last treasure she was shown was "an ancient spring which, they said, had never failed since the beginning of the world."[6]
The family of the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Abune Paulos was long associated with the Abune Garima monastery, and it is at this monastery that the Patriarch first took monastic vows as Abba Gebre Medhin.
A new study of the three ancient Abba Garima Gospels is available in the article by Sergey Kim in the online journal "Afriques. Débats, méthodes et terrains d'histoire", 13 (2022).[7]
The most important include two illuminated Garima Gospels which have been restored, and are housed in a former chapel for female pilgrims.[1] Most biblical scholars had previously proposed that these gospels, though inspired by on Abba Garima's example, must have been written centuries after his death, probably in the tenth century or later.[1] However recent radiocarbon dating carried out at Oxford University has confirmed a date between AD 390 and AD 570 for Garima 2, likely the earlier of the two gospel books; meaning that it may well be older than Abba Garima himself.[8] If so they are the earliest surviving dated Christian illuminated manuscripts.
^"Unearthed, the ancient texts that tell story of Christianity". The Independent. London. 6 July 2010. from the original on 9 July 2010.
^Winstanley, Mark. . Spring - 2007 - Volume 23. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
^Marcus, Harold G. (1995). The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913. Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press. p. 35.
^John J. Halls, Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, (London, 1834), vol. 1 p. 119
^Beatrice Playne, Saint George for Ethiopia (London: Constable, 1954), pp. 103f
^Kim, Sergey (8 November 2022). "New Studies of the Structure and the Texts of Abba Garima Ethiopian Gospels". Afriques. Débats, méthodes et terrains d'histoire (13). doi:10.4000/afriques.3494. ISSN 2108-6796. S2CID 255707825.
^Bailey, Martin (June 2010). . The Art Newspaper. No. 124. p. 46. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012.
abba, garima, monastery, ethiopian, orthodox, church, located, around, five, kilometres, east, adwa, mehakelegnaw, zone, northern, tigray, region, ethiopia, established, sixth, century, nine, saints, abba, garima, built, king, gabra, masqal, also, gebre, meske. Abba Garima Monastery is an Ethiopian Orthodox church located around five kilometres east of Adwa in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the northern Tigray Region in Ethiopia It was established in the sixth century by one of the Nine Saints Abba Garima and built by King Gabra Masqal also Gebre Meskel The monastery became known for its early manuscript copy of the gospels and its treasury 1 2 3 4 An 1890s Italian map of Adwa showing Abba Garima and other notable places east of Adwa the map appears to be facing west Contents 1 History 2 Layout and artifacts 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Sixth century portrait illumination of Mark from Garima 2 likely the earlier of the two Garima Gospels The first European recorded to have visited the monastery in modern times was Henry Salt who visited it on 14 September 1805 He was told at the time that the building had been built by Prince Gabra Masqal a son of the Emperor Kaleb in 560 5 Beatrice Playne visited the monastery around 1950 and found that the church had burned down twenty years prior and had been rebuilt before her arrival Nevertheless she was shown a number of prized possessions which were centuries old including a number of illuminated manuscripts whose ornamental headings struck me as Syrian in style The last treasure she was shown was an ancient spring which they said had never failed since the beginning of the world 6 The family of the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch Abune Paulos was long associated with the Abune Garima monastery and it is at this monastery that the Patriarch first took monastic vows as Abba Gebre Medhin A new study of the three ancient Abba Garima Gospels is available in the article by Sergey Kim in the online journal Afriques Debats methodes et terrains d histoire 13 2022 7 Layout and artifacts edit nbsp The Nine Saints not all in photo of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church The most important include two illuminated Garima Gospels which have been restored and are housed in a former chapel for female pilgrims 1 Most biblical scholars had previously proposed that these gospels though inspired by on Abba Garima s example must have been written centuries after his death probably in the tenth century or later 1 However recent radiocarbon dating carried out at Oxford University has confirmed a date between AD 390 and AD 570 for Garima 2 likely the earlier of the two gospel books meaning that it may well be older than Abba Garima himself 8 If so they are the earliest surviving dated Christian illuminated manuscripts See also editGarima GospelsReferences edit a b c Briggs Philip 2006 Ethiopia 4th The Bradt Travel Guide Bradt Travel Guides pp 262 263 ISBN 1 84162 128 5 Unearthed the ancient texts that tell story of Christianity The Independent London 6 July 2010 Archived from the original on 9 July 2010 Winstanley Mark Tsbook Tigrinya for Good The Gospel of Abba Garima Spring 2007 Volume 23 Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 Retrieved 30 September 2009 Marcus Harold G 1995 The Life and Times of Menelik II Ethiopia 1844 1913 Lawrenceville Red Sea Press p 35 John J Halls Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt London 1834 vol 1 p 119 Beatrice Playne Saint George for Ethiopia London Constable 1954 pp 103f Kim Sergey 8 November 2022 New Studies of the Structure and the Texts of Abba Garima Ethiopian Gospels Afriques Debats methodes et terrains d histoire 13 doi 10 4000 afriques 3494 ISSN 2108 6796 S2CID 255707825 Bailey Martin June 2010 Discovery of earliest illustrated manuscript The Art Newspaper No 124 p 46 Archived from the original on 1 May 2012 External links editThe Gospel of Abba Garima 14 9 42 N 38 57 10 E 14 16167 N 38 95278 E 14 16167 38 95278 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abba Garima Monastery amp oldid 1216006568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
