Dabra Śāhel Agwazā Monastery: HMML Repository

Dabra Śāhel Agwazā Monastery

(Re-)discovered by researchers in the early-21st century, the remote monastery of Dabra Śāhel possesses over 40 relatively well-preserved codices as well as a large collection of extremely valuable and important medieval fragments. All 16 items of which HMML has copies have been made available online.


Collection
Eastern Christian
Country
Ethiopia
City
Tegrāy Province
Repository
Dabra Śāhel Agwazā Monastery
Project Codes
DSAE
Project Numbers
DSAE 00001-00016
Type
Digital
Active Catalog Records
16
Digital Surrogates
16
Date Preserved
2007
HMML Reading Room (sample record)
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/501282
HMML Authority File
https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/327984956747
Languages
Arabic, Ge'ez
Bibliography
https://www2.lingfil.uu.se/projects/Dabra_SahelQ/; Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, "Agwäza," Encyclopedia Aethiopica, vol. 5 (2014), 224-225.
Preservation Status
Complete
Cataloging Status
Complete

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